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India Cannot Afford To Ignore The Epidemic Of Diabetes
India is a ticking time bomb when it comes to non-communicable diseases, with over 100 million people with diabetes. India urgently needs a comprehensive, well-funded plan to deal with diabetes and NCDs.
As Tuberculosis Burden Increases Due To Covid-19, WHO Calls For Urgent Action
The 2022 Global Tuberculosis Report, released today by WHO, shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has reversed years of progress in controlling TB. For the first time in many years, TB deaths and TB incidence have increased.
Countering Failures Of Imagination: Lessons We Learnt From Paul Farmer
Few people in the field of global health have had a bigger impact than Paul Farmer. In this post, people from around the world summarize the biggest lessons they’ve learnt from his work and life
Young Climate Justice Activists Are Fighting For Our Collective Survival
Climate change is a code red for humankind. Young people everywhere are fighting hard for their survival, but not just their own. Their anger, passion, activism, research and political mobilization may well tip the scale towards the collective survival…
How Many Variants And Deaths Are We Willing To Accept, Before We Protect The Whole World?
Millions of people worldwide are getting infected or re-infected with highly transmissible Omicron subvariants. And yet millions of people in low and middle-income nations are still lacking access to vaccines and tools. World leaders have failed to uni…
Passport And Visa Privileges In Global Health
The field of global health is extraordinarily unequal, with privileged people and institutions in the global North dominating all aspects of global health. One form of privilege, the passports and visas people in high-income countries carry, further wo…
Engineers Are Unsung Heroes Of Global Health
Engineers add tremendous value in all areas of global health and medical care. They are unsung heroes of global health
Global Health Is Broken, But Young People Plan To Repair It
How do you think the world is tackling crises like pandemics and climate change? Poorly, irresponsibly, inequitably, and lacking in urgency and global solidarity, were the responses I got from young people in global health. But they are keen to fix the…
Disrupting Global Health: From Allyship To Collective Liberation
Every aspect of global health is dominated by individuals and institutions in high-income countries. If global health has to be reimagined, people that typically hold power and privilege must master the art of allyship, where they see their primary rol…
Double Agents In Global Health
‘Double agents’ in global health straddle two worlds, and try to bridge them. While they enjoy some privileges, they also deal with conflicts and challenges
