India reports more cases of tuberculosis than any other country. This much is well known. However, nobody quite knows the true magnitude of the TB problem in the country. For […]
Global health
Vageesh Jain: Donald Trump—a disaster for global health
As the US presidential election inches closer, Donald Trump appears to be tapping into the American zeitgeist. But what would a Trump presidency mean for the world? Some say nothing […]
Private gain, public pain: does a booming private healthcare industry in Nepal benefit its people?
Public dissatisfaction with the health sector in Nepal has grown in recent years. A prominent figure in health activism, Govinda KC, has staged several hunger strikes to pressure the government […]
Richard Smith: The challenge of high need, high cost patients
A challenge to all health systems is how best to manage “high need, high cost patients,” a term developed by the Commonwealth Fund. Its president, David Blumenthal, discussed the best […]
Mathias Bonk: Who will become WHO’s new director general?
The nomination deadline for the next director general of the WHO has passed and six of WHO’s Member States have sent in nomination papers for their respective candidates. Three of […]
Richard Smith: Being creative in developing primary care
Primary care covers the whole population, but it’s underfunded and has increasing difficulty recruiting doctors; and there are worries about equity and the quality of care. This could be the […]
Naveed Ahmed Khan: The increase in cases of brain eating amoeba
There has been an alarming increase in the number of reported deaths due to brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, a parasite that invades the brain through the nose via water. [1] […]
Arthy Santhakumar: The verdict is out on superbugs
A global health peril that demands global action. For only the fourth time in history, a health issue has reached the great political heights of the United Nations General Assembly. […]
Zaher Sahloul: Practising medicine in Aleppo
In my first medical mission to Aleppo in October 2013, I was asked to examine a toddler who had arrived at our hospital after being shot in the head by […]
Aderemi Oyedeji and Anja Choon: Stigmatization of mental health problems in Nigeria
The BMJ Global Health blog Mental health is neglected and stigmatized globally and across societies, in spite of its high burden. Moreover, in Nigeria, mental health is not just neglected but remains […]