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The burden of disease is shifting in many low- and middle-income countries, including Kenya. Whereas the focus was traditionally on infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases such as cancer are now becoming increasi...
© HelpAge International. Pakistan floods emergency response, Sindh province, Pakistan, 2023 Humanitarian crises caused by conflict, environmental disaster, food insecurity, severe malnutrition, and disease outbreaks are...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents one of the defining public health challenges of our era. The most recent global estimates suggest that in 2021, 4.71 million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR, including...
Part 2 – Challenges & Progress Made Diagnostics Detecting antimicrobial resistance requires reliable diagnostics. I am fortunate to work in a tertiary hospital where we can consistently identify the most common bacteria...
In the early 1980s, when I started working as a doctor in a small remote hospital in Africa, nearly all patients suffered from infectious diseases like malaria, respiratory tract infections, and tuberculosis. HIV-AIDS w...
Vietnam sets an example Context The world is ageing rapidly, and people are living longer. By 2030, there will be 1.4 billion people over the age of 60 (16% of the world population). In Vietnam, this percentage will eve...
Double burden Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition. On the one hand, mortality caused by infectious diseases is declining. On the other hand, there is a steep rise i...
Introduction Concepts of health, based on cultural, traditional and scientific factors differ globally. These factors influence how societies deal with healthy ageing. This paper explores differences between Western and...
An account from within HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Malawi Although Malawi has made great strides in HIV/AIDS prevention and care in recent years, it remains a country with one of the highest HIV burdens in the world...
On 20 May 2025, at the 78th World Health Assembly, WHO Member States adopted the Pandemic Agreement (PA), designed to strengthen global preparedness and response to pandemics and only the second legally binding UN healt...
