Global health

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

2024-05-13T16:37:16.000Z
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

2023-12-27T08:46:07.000Z
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

2022-11-14T12:44:59.000Z
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

2022-05-30T10:07:11.000Z
Societies need to work together in the fight against obesity

Societies need to work together in the fight against obesity

2018-10-10T13:50:00.000Z
Making healthy life years part of the currency of growth

Making healthy life years part of the currency of growth

2015-05-15T13:50:00.000Z