Can Child Health Systems Hold? 04/10/2025 Health Policy Watch From climate shocks to protracted conflicts and shrinking budgets, today’s “metacrisis” is reshaping the future of child health. In this recent episode of Global Health Matters, host Garry Aslanyan speaks with Landry Dongmo Tsague, director of the Centre for Primary Health Care at Africa CDC, and Debra Jackson, Takeda Chair in Global Child Health at […] Continue reading -> How Public Health Education Is Evolving for the Next Generation 04/10/2025 Health Policy Watch In the latest episode of Trailblazers with Garry, host Dr. Garry Aslanyan sits down with Professor Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Together, they explore how public health education must evolve to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. From integrating data and […] Continue reading -> Why Ending Malaria Depends on Bold Financing and Global Leadership 03/10/2025 Duma Gideon Boko The President of the Republic of Botswana and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), writes about the urgency of mobilising funding to defend the gains and further progress in the fight against malaria. Despite decades of progress, we are not on track to defeat malaria in Africa. Without more resolve, innovation, financing, and […] Continue reading -> AI Poses ‘Existential’ Threat to Europe’s Health Systems, Summit Chief Warns 02/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria — Artificial intelligence poses an “existential” threat to Europe’s health and social security systems through its potential to “completely replace” human work and eliminate the income tax funding base on which they depend, a leading health policy figure has warned. Clemens Marten Auer, president of the European Health Forum Gastein, used the […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> Vaccinations Averted 17 Million Deaths in Past Five Years – But Global Challenges Persist 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation. Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO director of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals, acknowledged the “deep commitment […] Continue reading -> Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
How Public Health Education Is Evolving for the Next Generation 04/10/2025 Health Policy Watch In the latest episode of Trailblazers with Garry, host Dr. Garry Aslanyan sits down with Professor Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Together, they explore how public health education must evolve to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. From integrating data and […] Continue reading -> Why Ending Malaria Depends on Bold Financing and Global Leadership 03/10/2025 Duma Gideon Boko The President of the Republic of Botswana and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), writes about the urgency of mobilising funding to defend the gains and further progress in the fight against malaria. Despite decades of progress, we are not on track to defeat malaria in Africa. Without more resolve, innovation, financing, and […] Continue reading -> AI Poses ‘Existential’ Threat to Europe’s Health Systems, Summit Chief Warns 02/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria — Artificial intelligence poses an “existential” threat to Europe’s health and social security systems through its potential to “completely replace” human work and eliminate the income tax funding base on which they depend, a leading health policy figure has warned. Clemens Marten Auer, president of the European Health Forum Gastein, used the […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> Vaccinations Averted 17 Million Deaths in Past Five Years – But Global Challenges Persist 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation. Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO director of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals, acknowledged the “deep commitment […] Continue reading -> Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Why Ending Malaria Depends on Bold Financing and Global Leadership 03/10/2025 Duma Gideon Boko The President of the Republic of Botswana and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), writes about the urgency of mobilising funding to defend the gains and further progress in the fight against malaria. Despite decades of progress, we are not on track to defeat malaria in Africa. Without more resolve, innovation, financing, and […] Continue reading -> AI Poses ‘Existential’ Threat to Europe’s Health Systems, Summit Chief Warns 02/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria — Artificial intelligence poses an “existential” threat to Europe’s health and social security systems through its potential to “completely replace” human work and eliminate the income tax funding base on which they depend, a leading health policy figure has warned. Clemens Marten Auer, president of the European Health Forum Gastein, used the […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> Vaccinations Averted 17 Million Deaths in Past Five Years – But Global Challenges Persist 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation. Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO director of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals, acknowledged the “deep commitment […] Continue reading -> Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
AI Poses ‘Existential’ Threat to Europe’s Health Systems, Summit Chief Warns 02/10/2025 Stefan Anderson BAD HOFGASTEIN, Austria — Artificial intelligence poses an “existential” threat to Europe’s health and social security systems through its potential to “completely replace” human work and eliminate the income tax funding base on which they depend, a leading health policy figure has warned. Clemens Marten Auer, president of the European Health Forum Gastein, used the […] Continue reading -> ‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> Vaccinations Averted 17 Million Deaths in Past Five Years – But Global Challenges Persist 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation. Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO director of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals, acknowledged the “deep commitment […] Continue reading -> Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Ban All Attacks on Hospitals as Shielding Has Become a Tool of Genocide’ 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by, for example, claiming that they are shielding combatants – should be removed. Professor Neve Gordon, professor of international law at Queen Mary University in London, made this argument at a recent […] Continue reading -> Vaccinations Averted 17 Million Deaths in Past Five Years – But Global Challenges Persist 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation. Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO director of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals, acknowledged the “deep commitment […] Continue reading -> Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Vaccinations Averted 17 Million Deaths in Past Five Years – But Global Challenges Persist 01/10/2025 Kerry Cullinan Vaccinations have saved the lives of an estimated 17 million people between 2021 and 2024 – but global immunisation programmes face several challenges, according to an assessment by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation. Dr Kate O’Brien, WHO director of Immunisation, Vaccines and Biologicals, acknowledged the “deep commitment […] Continue reading -> Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Strike in Rural India Underscores Global Dependence on ‘Precarious’ Health Workers 30/09/2025 Arsalan Bukhari CHHATTISGARH, India — Nearly 16,000 staff employed under India’s National Health Mission (NHM) have been on an indefinite strike since 8 August. In early September, the dispute escalated dramatically when the state government dismissed 25 union leaders, prompting the mass resignation of more than 14,000 health workers. The mass resignations have raised alarm about the stability […] Continue reading -> Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Smoke and Survival: Women Bear the Brunt of Indoor Air Pollution in Kenya 29/09/2025 Roisa Kerry NAIROBI, Kenya – The morning light filters into Alice Siamanta’s home in Nalepo on the outskirts of Nairobi. Her kitchen walls are clean, her pots shine, and free of soot. Her children are busy doing their homework, seated near her. The house is quiet. There is no coughing. Siamanta cooks on a stove purchased through […] Continue reading -> Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nigeria Deal With China Will Enable it to Make Insulin Alongside Egypt and South Africa 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan A deal with China will enable Nigeria to join Egypt and South Africa as a producer of insulin, the drug that is essential to control diabetes. Diabetes is increasing exponentially on the continent, and is projected to affect almost 60 million people by 2050 – a massive increase from the 2.5 million estimated cases in […] Continue reading -> Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mobilisers on Motorbikes: The Complex Process of Involving Communities in Clinical Trials 29/09/2025 Kerry Cullinan Engaging people from a nomadic community in rural Kenya in a clinical trial involved employing community mobilisers on motorbikes and understanding seasonal and cultural practices. Geographic touchpoints such as waterholes and schools were mapped as places to find trial participants as they searched for grazing and water for their cattle and goats. This was a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts