Noma Bolani has a clear memory of her abusive father stopping the car in the middle of the highway in Durban, South Africa and asking her mother to get out. She was just six years old, but Bolani followed her mother out of the car, and together they sought help from a passing motorist. Bolani […] Continue reading ->
In August, African leaders gathered in Accra, Ghana, to chart a path for the continent’s future in public health. Their message was unequivocal: Africa’s political independence is incomplete without the power to shape its own development – including the health of its people. The Africa Health Sovereignty Summit was a demand to break free from […] Continue reading ->
Season 5 of the Global Health Matters podcast opens with a blunt diagnosis of the field’s future from two leading voices, and a roadmap for reform. In a conversation with host Garry Aslanyan, Paola Abril Campos Rivera of Tecnológico de Monterrey and Catherine Kyobutungi, head of Kenya’s African Population and Health Research Centre, argue that […] Continue reading ->
As the G-20 Health Ministers meeting takes place next week in Johannesburg, South Africa, a new global coalition is trying to put Alzheimer’s and dementia-related diseases on the priority list of the world’s major economies; and there’s one man who stands out as a driving force behind this movement. In his video “Leadership Lessons from […] Continue reading ->
At around midnight on the last night in August, a powerful earthquake destroyed homes and villages in Afghanistan – and the Taliban-controlled government’s restrictive policies exacerbated the suffering of women and girls caught in the disaster. Women and girls living in eastern Afghanistan are bearing the heaviest burden after the 6.0-magnitude earthquake killed and injured […] Continue reading ->
At least $7 billion is needed to rebuild Gaza’s health system, which has no fully functioning hospitals, and critical shortages of essential medicines, equipment and health workers, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing on Thursday. While Tedros welcomed the ceasefire negotiated by US President Donald Trump on […] Continue reading ->
There is an urgent need for a more comprehensive pandemic risk monitoring system that tracks threats and preparedness in real time, according to the WHO-hosted Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, in a report launched at the World Health Summit. This followed the release of a new World Health Organization data documenting the sharp global rise in […] Continue reading ->
BERLIN – Global life expectancy rose again in 2023 after a decline during the COVID pandemic with overall life expectancy 20 years higher as compared to 1950. But North America and Latin America are seeing higher death rates among adolescents and young adults due to a crisis in mental health – reflected in higher rates […] Continue reading ->
Malaria affects millions worldwide, and progress against the disease is stalling. Emerging drug resistance threatens to reverse hard-won gains, putting many more lives at risk. Public–private partnerships are racing to close the treatment gap before the current drugs begin to fail. “We believe that the eradication of malaria is in sight, but it’s an ongoing […] Continue reading ->
CAPE TOWN – More and more health workers are performing female genital mutilation (FGM) in South and South East Asia – although the process is internationally recognised as a serious human rights violation with no medical justification. Health professional associations mulled over how to ensure that health workers stop performing this harmful practice at the […] Continue reading ->