Next Tuesday, health leaders from across the world will elect the new leader of the World Health Organization (WHO). With variable climates, war, and changing lifestyles putting pressure on health, […]
Global health
Sania Nishtar: Delivering the WHO that we need
Extraordinary situations warrant extraordinary responses. The election of a new Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) next week is one such setting because it involves installing leadership of an […]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Let’s prove the impossible is possible
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected the new Director General of the World Health Organization. Read his vision of what he hopes to achieve […]
Chris Simms: We need to prioritise cyber security in this age of global risks
Earlier this year when the World Economic Forum launched its annual 2017 Global Risks Report, an obvious question was whether the global community had learnt from the previous 2016 Global […]
Katja Iversen: Diabetes in pregnancy—a neglected cause of maternal mortality
In the lead up to the 70th World Health Assembly (22-31 May), president and CEO of Women Deliver, Katja Iversen, highlights a neglected health problem that must be addressed in order […]
Kathleen Ruff: Chrysotile asbestos—a call for action on this hazardous substance
Chrysotile asbestos comprises 95% of all asbestos sold during the past century and for the past 30 years has represented the totality of the global asbestos trade.[1] The scientific consensus is […]
Estrella Lasry: Tackling malaria prevention among the hardest to reach
Conflict is a major cause of decreased access to diagnosis and treatment in many remaining malaria hotspots, says Estrella Lasry. […]
Rising above the political tide: Our March for Science
In the wake of Saturday’s March for Science, Nahid Bhadelia and Afsan Bhadelia argue that scientists must sometimes join the political fray to advocate for inconvenient truths […]
Richard Smith: What have I achieved in six years of teaching?
Yesterday as I flew home from teaching in Amsterdam for the last time, I wondered what I might have achieved in six (or perhaps it’s seven) years of teaching. Twice […]
Combatting NTDs: Much progress, but millions of patients lack access to care
Julien Potet on the next steps we need to take in the fight against neglected tropical diseases […]