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Non-communicable diseases are skyrocketing in Kenya and Uganda. Though the countries’ governments have a responsibility to tackle the problem, individuals need to take action too.
Most people are aware of the benefits of breastmilk, but few are aware of the risks.
New initiative with old handsets halves rates of the disease in southern Tanzania – and is being applied to other conditions, too.
Diabetes has become a massive global problem and requires a dedicated effort in both the developed and the developing world.
To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need to focus not only on the pathology of the disease, but also on the global political and economic architecture.
For thousands of miners who have developed silicosis from years of work on South Africa’s gold mines, a landmark court case will change their lives.
Only 28% of working women across the globe are fully protected by maternity laws that provide for time off work with full pay.
How does an institution like the World Bank come to put a price tag on a virus like Zika or any other health calamity?
Despite the breakthroughs in HIV and AIDS research, without an effective vaccine, the world will not get to zero new infections and deaths.
The World Health Organization classifies the common herbicide glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. But this doesn’t mean using it to kill weeds in playgrounds will hurt children.
Globally, the health community is moving to a point where there could be zero new HIV infections or deaths. But it has been a long road.
Residents in Nairobi’s urban slums are opting for fast food rather than the healthy alternatives, which is increasing their risk of developing diabetes.
With limited laboratory capacity and a lack of experts and funding, an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa could be problematic.
Overnight, World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan declared the outbreak of Zika virus a public health emergency. So what does this mean?
Zika is quite different to Ebola – and experts would do well to wait before making recommendations this time.
The unfolding information about the Zika virus and saddening images of babies infected with microcephaly should really scare us all. The disease has spread “explosively” throughout the Americas, with 32…
Around 20,000 late-pregnancy stillbirths could have been avoided globally in 2015, according to research published in the Lancet medical journal today.
More than 700,000 people die each year from antibiotic-resistant infections. The World Health Organisation is trying to end the age of ignorance to protect this global common good.
If people are avoiding the flu jab because last year’s protection wasn’t great, that would be a mistake.
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University
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Director of Koi Tū, the Centre for Informed Futures; former Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Paediatrics, Cancer and related disorders, Epidemiology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
