10 Global Health Issues to Watch in 2021
Vaccine rollout, rising temps, decolonizing global health, and more.Read more
Vaccine rollout, rising temps, decolonizing global health, and more.Read more
For many in the blogopshere and the Twitter world Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Monday reenergized our commitment to the Global Health Initiative (GHI) and the promise of transforming the way we practice global health work. Like many, I was left with questions of how exactly this initiative will work, but Clinton’s passing reference to the polio outbreak in northern Nigeria also reminded me of the imperative that GHI succeed.
Building better health systems requires offering health workers—and those who support them—access to the latest technology.
Last week the world celebrated World Breastfeeding Week with a focus on the ten steps every health facility should take to promote successful breastfeeding.
In a world where some two billion people do not have access to basic health care, simple things can have an enormous impact.
This month’s Health Affairs issue “Lessons from Around the World” highlights some of the most pressing issues in health systems strengthening and human resources for health.
Whatever the disease or health sector of priority—be it HIV/AIDS, malaria, family planning, labor and delivery, or pneumonia—six components of the health system must be functioning and integrated in order for health impacts to be maximized.
Kevin Carter’s most famous photograph is almost impossible to witness without taking a moment to collect yourself afterwards.
Two weeks ago, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released Treatment 2.0, the latest global strategy for making HIV treatment more efficient, accessible, and effective.
If the world economic outlook were brighter, AIDS 2010 might be viewed as a turning point in the global HIV response. The conference, which wrapped up last Friday, was the stage for the...
IntraHealth continues to reflect on the evolving role of international organizations in the rapidly changing global health landscape.
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