Kamal R Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan reflect on the lack of definitions, and propose a solution […]
Kamal R Mahtani, Tom Jefferson, and Carl Heneghan: What makes a systematic review “complex”?
Category: Global health
Gro Harlem Brundtland: New WHO guidelines are crucial step to fighting antimicrobial resistance
If urgent action is not taken to combat antimicrobial resistance, then development gains could be wiped out with alarming consequences for us all […]
Amitava Banerjee: At what point does a disease become neglected and who decides?
My first global health experience was an elective in South Africa during medical school in 2001, at a time when antiretroviral therapy was not available to the vast majority of HIV-infected individuals worldwide. Although diseases such as HIV, TB and malaria had proven treatments, they were neglected, whether in terms of attention or political will, […]
Grania Brigden: The first step on a long road to TB elimination
The first step in eradicating TB is eliminating the funding gaps […]
Doctors of the World: Vulnerable people should not fear arrest when seeking healthcare
“Universal health coverage is a human right.” This was a welcome statement from the new Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. [1] Europe, as one of the most affluent parts of the world with an admirable history of social protection and welfare states, should be leading the way in ensuring […]
Bridget Seng: Yemen’s cholera crisis—a sliver of hope but more needs to be done
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 despite the bleak big numbers, recent data has suggested that the epidemic has started to slow down with numbers averaging around 29,000 per week, down […]
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 in 55 countries. [1] Currently, as many as 168 countries—including Japan—have signed the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). [2] However, Japan’s tobacco policy […]
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 […]