Global health

Melinda Gates to step down as co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Ending the Ebola outbreak that emerged in December 2013 took more than two years and required a massive global humanitarian response, including the US military. By then, 28,652 cases and 11,325 deaths had been recorded.

Why the world needs its own immune system

Britain is historically a major donor to the fund, and its absence generated surprise in global health circles when other world leaders committed US$14.3 billion on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.

UK pledges £1b to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria

Expect new outbreaks caused by both known and unknown pathogens; there have been at least seven in the past 20 years.

A global genomic surveillance system to thwart pandemics

Societies need to work together in the fight against obesity

Societies need to work together in the fight against obesity

Making healthy life years part of the currency of growth

Making healthy life years part of the currency of growth