By Guest Author
14 April 2021
Accurate information on causes of death is essential to estimate the burden of disease, informing health policies and tracking progress to achieve global targets, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. However, current estimates for the causes of death are inadequate at a global level, so the health community is trying to resolve this. In this blog, we find out about the unique study and the first assessment of its kind carried out by the team from the Institute for Global Health of Barcelona (ISGlobal), Spain. From the group, Clara Menéndez and Llorenç Quintó discuss their analysis to improve on the lack of precise information on causes of death in low income and resource-restricted settings.
By Guest Author
09 March 2021
In their Open Letter published on Gates Open Research, Ankita Mukherjee and Rakesh Parashar explore the effect of Covid-19 on the health workers in India. They reviewed the gaps in the health system and the challenges the workforce had to face, and from this recommend measures for policies to build a strong and resilient workforce in India.
By Guest Author
23 February 2021
In this interview with Parinita Bhattacharjee, she talks about the stigma and discrimination experienced by men who have sex in men (MSM) in Kenya. Covid-19 has exacerbated the difficulties faced by MSM, as well as hindered the delivery of HIV care and services. Read the Q&A to find out about the innovative steps made by MSM led organisations to adapt to the challenges created by Covid-19 and provide the necessary clinical and social support.
By Guest Author
16 December 2020
Sam Dorevitch, University of Illinois, US, sought to provide safe drinking water to communities using an entirely solar-powered approach for water treatment. In this blog, Yousuf Al-Mousawi, Senior Editorial Assistant, discusses the research and the system.
By Guest Author
19 November 2020
Inequalities can result in barriers to good health and unacceptable differences in healthcare. In this blog post, Dominic Montagu, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at University of California, San Francisco, discusses the research carried out by he and his co-authors, Lauren Suchman and Charlotte Avery Seefeld. Compelled by the importance to better our understanding of the drivers of inequality and the potential changes within health systems that could mitigate inequity.
By Guest Author
10 November 2020
Prabhat Jha, a professor at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the founding director of the Centre for Global Health Research, at St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto. His research interests include large scale epidemiology studies of the major causes of death in developing countries, and methods of epidemiological […]
By Guest Author
22 June 2020
In this blog, Emily MacLean, McGill University, discusses the tuberculosis (TB) landscape and the barriers to the adoption of diagnostic tests for TB.
By Guest Author
16 April 2020
Dengue outbreaks were common in Australia, but this could be a passing trend thanks to research on Wolbachia and the use of genetically bred mosquitoes. Bruno Col recently discussed the efforts being made by the World Mosquito Programme, and we now have a Q&A with Professor Scott O’Neil, for an in-depth account into the use of Wolbachia to control dengue.
