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Can We Reimagine Global Health In The Post-Pandemic World?
When the coronavirus pandemic is eventually brought under control, it will profoundly change the field of global health in many ways. In some ways, the pandemic will make global health easier. In other ways, the pandemic will make global health much ha…
AIDS, TB And Malaria: Coronavirus Threatens The Endgame
The coronavirus pandemic has just made it incredibility difficult to script an endgame for the “Big Three” killer epidemics. But global leaders and agencies dedicated to AIDS, TB, and Malaria are gearing up to stem the tide.
COVID-19 And Tuberculosis: We Need A Damage Control Plan
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is already disrupting tuberculosis services in many countries. If not addressed, COVID-19 could substantially worsen the TB epidemic in the coming months.
Global Health Needs To Be Global & Diverse
The 2020 Global Health 50/50 report shows that privileged older men from elite institutions in the global north call the shots in global health. Global health needs to be global and diverse.
Reciprocity In Global Health: Here Is How We Can Do Better
Currently, global health is failing in equity, reciprocity, and genuine bi-directional partnerships. We must work to dismantle the structural problems in global health that compromise equity and reciprocity.
Reciprocity In Global Health: Ain’t Easy But Vital
In theory, global health, as a field, places a great deal of emphasis on equity, reciprocity, and bidirectional partnerships. In practice, every aspect of global health is dominated by individuals and institutions in high-income countries. There are ma…
Let’s Worry About Diagnostic Capacity, Not Just During Outbreaks
Diagnostics get attention during outbreaks. But we cannot afford to think about diagnostics only during outbreaks and emergencies. That is myopic, unsustainable, and detrimental to the Universal Health Coverage agenda.
Global Health Technologies: Time To Re-Think The ‘Trickle Down’ Model
Technologies are critical for addressing global health needs, but the ‘trickle down’ model has limitations. If the end goal is to save lives and do it quickly, then innovations from the Global South must be given a chance.
Record Funding For Global Health Research, But Neglected Tropical Diseases Remain Neglected
While many countries have reduced and eliminated entire NTDs in recent years, the battle is far from won. 1.5 billion people are still at risk of NTDs, and funding for NTD research must increase.
AIDS Activism, A Playbook For Global Health Advocacy
AIDS activism was exceptionally successful. Other areas of global health can and must use the AIDS activism playbook.
