In just six months since the end of April, Yemen has identified over 845,000 suspected cholera cases, quickly surpassing the count in Haiti’s cholera outbreak from 2010 to 2017. But […]
Global health
Is Japan losing the fight against smoke-free legislation?
The WHO published a report earlier this year on the global tobacco epidemic in which it reported that comprehensive smoke-free legislation is in place to protect approximately 1.5 billion people […]
Robert Mugabe is an improbable Goodwill Ambassador for Health
WHO have cancelled Mugabe’s goodwill ambassador role, but this was an uncharacteristic misstep by the WHO DG […]
Christine Stirling: Move over RCT—time for a revised approach to evidence based medicine
We are stifling our capacity to use research evidence for patient centred outcomes by privileging RCTs […]
Protect public health by making water services resilient in a changing climate
Safe water, drainage, and sanitation are essential for public health—we need to make these services resilient […]
Richard Smith: Searching for an effective system to manage the world’s biggest killer
Hypertension is the world’s leading cause of premature death, ahead even of tobacco and obesity, and most of those deaths occur in poor countries. Yet the health system in most […]
Ilona Kickbusch: Health is a political choice—but health for whom?
As health gets more political, the work of the WHO becomes more important […]
Chris Simms: Deregulation amid fires and hurricanes
Deregulation is benefiting the few while harming the many by putting profits over public health and safety, says Chris Simms […]
Responding effectively to NCDs is now the major healthcare challenge in South East Asia
South East Asia now has the fastest rising NCD rates of anywhere in the world […]
Cervical cancer services are the next frontier for universal healthcare coverage in LMICs
We need sustained political commitment and strategic investments in cervical cancer prevention […]