We need a secretary of food…
…or so says Nick Kristof in this morning’s NYTimes. He argues that the current department of agriculture needs to be renamed and refocused because it no longer makes sense, as he writes: “A Department...
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Breaking news!
Forget the crisis in the middle-east, forget the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe (it seems we have all forgotten about it anyway), forget the crisis in the Congo (recurring theme?), here is some news...
View ArticleWhy are pregnant Ghanaian women turning to prayer over modern medicine?
AllAfrica.com ran a troubling news story this morning about Ghanaian women, living in a rural but well connected area of the country, turning to “prayer camps” rather than seeking necessary prenatal...
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Alcohol and the global burden of disease
This week’s Lancet, had an interesting review article of alcohol-use disorders by Marc Schuckit. In this article, he provides a really great summary of the burden of disease associated with the use of...
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World Tuberculosis Day
(Photo from MSF website) Today – March 24 – is World Tuberculosis Day 2009. In respect for this global killer, I thought I would try to summarize what I think some of the key challenges are to an...
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Where we stand on World Malaria Day 2009
Photo taken from the Gates Foundation website. They have a beautiful library of photos available here. I always wonder what the appropriate greeting is on holidays that I myself do not celebrate. I...
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Ignoring the most successful HIV prevention strategy
In Sub-Saharan Africa the HIV epidemic has largely been spread through sexual intercourse, a complicated and messy behavior that has proven highly stubborn to intervention. Outside of Africa, the HIV...
View ArticleThe evolution of evaluation in global health
The editorial in last month’s Lancet reads: “Evaluation must now become the top priority in global health. Currently, it is only an afterthought. A massive scale-up in global health investments during...
View ArticleKids have cooties
Despite the fact that protective vaccines are generally available, the regular influenza virus causes upwards of 200,000 hospitalizations and tens of thousands of deaths every year in the United...
View ArticleTweets and the Impact (factor) of Medical Research
I could not resist tweeting about this one…(H/T @cdsamii and @matt_blackwell). A couple of months ago I got into a long conversation with a group of very senior health economists about the value of...
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New Journal Alert: Health Systems and Reform
I’ll take of advantage of my sudden interest in blogging again, to share with you some exciting news (lets see how long this lasts). In September a new journal will be launched called “Health Systems...
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