Alexander Brown

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Second year student, Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.

SDG 3.3 on HIV – A noble target with a dangerous blind spot

Posted in articles by Alastair Ashley and Alexander Brown on September 18, 2018

Ending the HIV epidemic by 2030 is undoubtedly a noble endeavour, and is the aim put forward by the UN in SDG 3.3. In full, the target states: “By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases”. … Read more »

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It is not our fault”: the plight of HIV positive adolescents in Cameroon – What difference can compassionate care make to HIV care for adolescents in LMICs?

By Louis Ako-Egbe on December 7, 2018

“I did not choose to be HIV positive, I was born with it. When I go to the hospital the nurses are very mean to me. They neglect me and at times throw insults at me. At times they task me to sort my treatment file among a pile of … Read more »

The 500th IHP issue: Staying the course in disruptive global and planetary health times

By Kristof Decoster on December 7, 2018

The International Health Policies (IHP) newsletter started in 2009-2010, back then as an initiative of the health policy unit at ITM, with David Hercot and Wim Van Damme as the key initiators. The Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD) has supported us from the start, and we’re very grateful for that. Very … Read more »

“The roaming doctors” – or what are we waiting for? A plea for interactive cooperation in health

By Elies Van Belle on December 1, 2018

I feel compelled to react on the recent blog by Willem Van De Put and Werners Soors (“The ITM symposium on 40 years PHC: is there a doctor in the house?”) , in which they gave their take on the ITM symposium on 40 years Primary Healthcare (October 23rd ), … Read more »

Why are things the way they are? On the need to go beyond representation and think politically about inequities

By Sana Contractor on November 30, 2018

Over the past few weeks, I have been following, with some discomfort occasionally, the conversations around women’s leadership in global health, taking place in the context of the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference (WLGH) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. We must be concerned that most … Read more »

Health Financing and Gender: Insights from our Discussions at the HSR2018 Symposium in Liverpool

By Manuela De Allegri and Divya Parmar on November 29, 2018

At the global level, awareness is growing on the need to include gender considerations in health policy formulation, implementation, and research. Scientific publications, blogs, and to some extent even media coverage are drawing increasing attention to the fact that while women represent half of the global population, their voice is … Read more »

Some feedback on the IHP Newsletter Evaluation from this summer

By Clara Affun-Adegbulu on November 23, 2018

Last summer we decided to evaluate the newsletter. We wanted to know more about our readers, and check if we were meeting our focal goal of providing a weekly update on global health policy & governance in the health SDG era, with focus on health policy & systems research, all … Read more »

IHP | Switching the Poles in International Health Policies

switching the poles in international health policies

Articles by Alexander Brown

SDG 3.3 on HIV – A noble target with a dangerous blind spot