How Science Diplomacy Can Make a Difference in Global Health 11/03/2023 Editorial team Before the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was adopted in 2003, the World Health Organization had worked for many years to prevent damage caused by tobacco consumption with the goal of passing an international agreement on tobacco regulation. The agreement, however, was not moving forward. “The real breakthrough came as scientific evidence emerged showing the […] Continue reading -> WHO to Decide on Including Noma as a Neglected Tropical Disease in 2023 03/02/2023 Stefan Anderson Twenty years ago, 16-year-old Mulikat Okanlawan embarked on a 1000-kilometer journey from her home in the Nigerian capital of Lagos to the Northwestern city of Sokoto in a bid to change her life. She is a survivor of noma, a little-known bacterial disease that attacks cells in facial tissue and bones. On paper, Okanlawan had […] Continue reading -> How Can New Vaccines be Rolled Out More Effectively? 12/12/2022 Editorial team Whether researchers provide good quality data or not, healthcare systems will continue to function. In this episode of the “Global Health Matters” podcast, Margaret Gyapong, director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana, tells host Garry Aslanyan that this has been a hard lesson that has […] Continue reading -> ‘Our Views, Our Voices’ Celebrates Five Years of Humanising Experiences of People Living with NCDs 10/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman For five years, the NCD Alliance has been calling out that those directly affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have mostly been absent from the decision-making that affects their health and lives directly and indirectly through several initiatives. One of them, “Our Views, Our Voices,” a series of multimedia diaries, recently celebrated five years since its […] Continue reading -> Ukrainian MP Warns of Rise in Illness, Death from Impending War-Winter Combination 09/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old asthmatic girl from Ukraine was forced to relocate to a gas station earlier this week where she could connect her ventilator, after a Russian missile attack cut off her city’s electricity supply, leaving her without any other means of receiving life-saving oxygen. Pictures of her frightened, frozen eyes made social media. But according […] Continue reading -> Wendy Reaser: Struggling with Obesity in Canada 03/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more One time, as Wendy Reaser was visiting the emergency room, she heard a specialist describing her as “fat and lazy,” adding that she did not want to put the work into being healthy. This experience, as well as many other […] Continue reading -> How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
WHO to Decide on Including Noma as a Neglected Tropical Disease in 2023 03/02/2023 Stefan Anderson Twenty years ago, 16-year-old Mulikat Okanlawan embarked on a 1000-kilometer journey from her home in the Nigerian capital of Lagos to the Northwestern city of Sokoto in a bid to change her life. She is a survivor of noma, a little-known bacterial disease that attacks cells in facial tissue and bones. On paper, Okanlawan had […] Continue reading -> How Can New Vaccines be Rolled Out More Effectively? 12/12/2022 Editorial team Whether researchers provide good quality data or not, healthcare systems will continue to function. In this episode of the “Global Health Matters” podcast, Margaret Gyapong, director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana, tells host Garry Aslanyan that this has been a hard lesson that has […] Continue reading -> ‘Our Views, Our Voices’ Celebrates Five Years of Humanising Experiences of People Living with NCDs 10/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman For five years, the NCD Alliance has been calling out that those directly affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have mostly been absent from the decision-making that affects their health and lives directly and indirectly through several initiatives. One of them, “Our Views, Our Voices,” a series of multimedia diaries, recently celebrated five years since its […] Continue reading -> Ukrainian MP Warns of Rise in Illness, Death from Impending War-Winter Combination 09/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old asthmatic girl from Ukraine was forced to relocate to a gas station earlier this week where she could connect her ventilator, after a Russian missile attack cut off her city’s electricity supply, leaving her without any other means of receiving life-saving oxygen. Pictures of her frightened, frozen eyes made social media. But according […] Continue reading -> Wendy Reaser: Struggling with Obesity in Canada 03/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more One time, as Wendy Reaser was visiting the emergency room, she heard a specialist describing her as “fat and lazy,” adding that she did not want to put the work into being healthy. This experience, as well as many other […] Continue reading -> How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
How Can New Vaccines be Rolled Out More Effectively? 12/12/2022 Editorial team Whether researchers provide good quality data or not, healthcare systems will continue to function. In this episode of the “Global Health Matters” podcast, Margaret Gyapong, director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana, tells host Garry Aslanyan that this has been a hard lesson that has […] Continue reading -> ‘Our Views, Our Voices’ Celebrates Five Years of Humanising Experiences of People Living with NCDs 10/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman For five years, the NCD Alliance has been calling out that those directly affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have mostly been absent from the decision-making that affects their health and lives directly and indirectly through several initiatives. One of them, “Our Views, Our Voices,” a series of multimedia diaries, recently celebrated five years since its […] Continue reading -> Ukrainian MP Warns of Rise in Illness, Death from Impending War-Winter Combination 09/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old asthmatic girl from Ukraine was forced to relocate to a gas station earlier this week where she could connect her ventilator, after a Russian missile attack cut off her city’s electricity supply, leaving her without any other means of receiving life-saving oxygen. Pictures of her frightened, frozen eyes made social media. But according […] Continue reading -> Wendy Reaser: Struggling with Obesity in Canada 03/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more One time, as Wendy Reaser was visiting the emergency room, she heard a specialist describing her as “fat and lazy,” adding that she did not want to put the work into being healthy. This experience, as well as many other […] Continue reading -> How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
‘Our Views, Our Voices’ Celebrates Five Years of Humanising Experiences of People Living with NCDs 10/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman For five years, the NCD Alliance has been calling out that those directly affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have mostly been absent from the decision-making that affects their health and lives directly and indirectly through several initiatives. One of them, “Our Views, Our Voices,” a series of multimedia diaries, recently celebrated five years since its […] Continue reading -> Ukrainian MP Warns of Rise in Illness, Death from Impending War-Winter Combination 09/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old asthmatic girl from Ukraine was forced to relocate to a gas station earlier this week where she could connect her ventilator, after a Russian missile attack cut off her city’s electricity supply, leaving her without any other means of receiving life-saving oxygen. Pictures of her frightened, frozen eyes made social media. But according […] Continue reading -> Wendy Reaser: Struggling with Obesity in Canada 03/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more One time, as Wendy Reaser was visiting the emergency room, she heard a specialist describing her as “fat and lazy,” adding that she did not want to put the work into being healthy. This experience, as well as many other […] Continue reading -> How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Ukrainian MP Warns of Rise in Illness, Death from Impending War-Winter Combination 09/12/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old asthmatic girl from Ukraine was forced to relocate to a gas station earlier this week where she could connect her ventilator, after a Russian missile attack cut off her city’s electricity supply, leaving her without any other means of receiving life-saving oxygen. Pictures of her frightened, frozen eyes made social media. But according […] Continue reading -> Wendy Reaser: Struggling with Obesity in Canada 03/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more One time, as Wendy Reaser was visiting the emergency room, she heard a specialist describing her as “fat and lazy,” adding that she did not want to put the work into being healthy. This experience, as well as many other […] Continue reading -> How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Wendy Reaser: Struggling with Obesity in Canada 03/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more One time, as Wendy Reaser was visiting the emergency room, she heard a specialist describing her as “fat and lazy,” adding that she did not want to put the work into being healthy. This experience, as well as many other […] Continue reading -> How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
How Does Corruption Affect Health Systems Around the World? 02/12/2022 Editorial team When Patty García was a medical student in Peru some 30 years ago, she was already aware of the detrimental effect of corruption on health systems. “Back then, the corruption related to the distribution of drugs,” Garcia, who would go on to become her country’s Health Minister in 2016, shares during the latest episode of […] Continue reading -> Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Samuel Kumwanje, Advocating for NCD Patients in Malawi 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Samuel Kumwanje was diagnosed with a kidney disorder in 2004, his home country Malawi had only one dialysis unit located in the capital Lilongwe, about 330 km from the city of Balaka where he lived. “This is the time […] Continue reading -> Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Betsy Rodriguez: Giving a Voice to those Who Live with Chronic Conditions 01/12/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more For many years, Betsy Rodriguez was terrified that she could lose her daughter Carmen to hypoglycemia at any moment. As a girl, Carmen was diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. “I cannot count the hours I’ve spent dealing with insurance […] Continue reading -> Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Brenda Chitindi: Struggling with Multiple NCDs in Zambia 30/11/2022 Editorial team A special project celebrating the fifth anniversary of “Our Views, Our Voices” | Learn more When Brenda Chitindi was growing up, one of many children in a family in a rural village of Zambia, she had no idea that her father’s habit of smoking would have a negative effect on her health. “We lived in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts