Last week in Melbourne, I had the privilege of joining influential leaders from the international cancer community as over 2800 delegates from 112 different countries came together for the World […]
Global health
Thomas Nierle and Bruno Jochum: MSF should not replace governmental responsibilities on Ebola
MEP Charles Goerens, rapporteur on Ebola to the European Parliament’s Committee on Development, recently declared in a European Council meeting that this epidemic is “the first major international crisis in […]
Christmas Appeal 2014: Benjamin Black on Ebola through his eyes
When I begin each day I feel like I know what to expect. I have been in and out of west Africa since June, and watched this sad story developing […]
Kate Iorpenda: Adolescents are slipping through the cracks in HIV services
This year there has been considerable attention on adolescents and HIV, not least because of the World Health Organization’s “Health for the world’s adolescents” report, which highlighted how HIV is […]
Lawrence Haddad: Do we really need a nutrition data revolution?
The just released Global Nutrition Report makes the case for a “nutrition data revolution.” Data collection, storage, and analysis costs money—so why do we need to invest in it? Consider […]
Corinna Hawkes: ICN2—a starting point for preventing malnutrition in all its forms?
It was pouring with rain when I arrived on a delayed flight to Rome for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), which was organised by the Food and Agriculture […]
Global Health Film initiative: Cold Chain Mission—providing immunisation in the world’s toughest places
“Immunisation is the intervention that reaches more children than any other intervention on earth.” Those were the powerful words of Seth Berkley—chief executive of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, which is instrumental […]
Pritpal S Tamber: Moustaches, fund raising, and independence from the current healthcare system
I am growing a moustache. This is not the kind of thing you usually need to broadcast, but I am growing it as part of Movember because I believe these […]
Chris Simms: What can Senegal teach the West about dealing with Ebola?
Ten years ago, Peter Piot (the discoverer of Ebola) wrote the foreword to a collaborative effort on HIV strategies by nearly 200 scientists. He warned that an effective country response to […]
What’s the leading cause of death among children in Bangladesh? It’s not what you think
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) program focused needed attention on unacceptably high levels of child deaths across the world, dedicating its MDG4 target to reducing the under 5 mortality rate […]