The links between the global challenge of non communicable disease (NCD) and what happens to people in the first 1000 days of their lives are not new but are gaining […]
Global health
Pat Hughes: Tobacco in pregnancy – an orphan subject
Introducing the topic of smoking in pregnancy as “an orphan subject in this area” seemed the right choice of words to the handful of people who turned up for the […]
Sharon L Camp: It is time for a public health approach to abortion
The global maternal mortality has dropped dramatically during the last decade. This is good news. Sadly, however, too many women continue to die from pregnancy related causes. In part, this […]
Caroline Robinson: Curing TB in Europe is more about politics than science
Despite being considered as a disease of the past, tuberculosis (TB) kills seven people in Europe every hour and, worryingly, rates of multi drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the region […]
Amanda Glassman et al: A post 2015 development goal for health—should it be universal health coverage?
As 2015 approaches and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire, the global health community is discussing the options for the next set of international goals for health. In the current […]
Tony Waterston: Tackling global health in St Andrews
Just as the Paralympics came to a close, members of the International Society for Social Pediatrics practised running on the West Sands beach on St Andrews where the opening scenes […]
Daniele Dionisio: Overhauling the Global Fund
The Global Fund (GF) is a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector, and relevant communities as an international financing institution for HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria prevention, and […]
Alvaro Bermejo: Removing the social and structural barriers impeding the global HIV response will advance medical efforts no end
This week the world’s largest gathering of HIV experts, policy makers, activists, and people living with HIV will convene in Washington for the 19th International AIDS conference, brimful of optimism […]
Veena Rao: Should under-nutrition in India be addressed as a population issue?
The time is ripe in India to consider under-nutrition as a population issue, rather than a women and children’s issue, as it is viewed presently by government, governmental advisors and […]
Fran Baum: The conclusion of the Third People’s Health Assembly
The last three plenary sessions of the Third People’s Health Assembly (PHA) were used to debate the People’s Health Movement’s (PHM) strategies and priorities for the future. These sessions enabled […]