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Young (and occasionally less young) researchers, mostly from LMICs, present their views on global health issues.
Distinguished panelists and participants, ladies and gentlemen, We are delighted that this second African Health Forum is taking place here in Cabo Verde, an African Small Island Developing State. As a Seychellois, I am from an island on the opposite side of our continent. The African sun rises over Seychelles, and sets over Cabo Verde! Our la...
Over the last few months, tens of thousands of secondary school children in several countries have been protesting for substantial (i.e. truly transformative) climate solutions. Some might call the youngsters movement ‘a good epidemic’, but certain politicians would not agree with that assessment, as in their opinion, “children need to ke...
Many men’s health outcomes are unnecessarily poor, globally, nationally and locally. Average global life expectancy for men lags behind women’s by four years, for example, and there is not a single country where men live longer than women. Around half of the sex difference in mortality from all causes in Europe is due to smoking and one fif...
I still remember the day vividly: I asked my father for money to pay for my high-school tuition. As my father handed me the money, my mother responded, “Why do you keep spending money on her education? She will be married soon, anyhow, and will go to someone else’s home. There is no use for us.” I wonder how my life might have turned out h...
In recent years, Universal health coverage (UHC) has gained political momentum in sub-Saharan African countries. Although countries acknowledge that starting points aredifferent and respective journeys to UHC context-specific, the “how to” needs further elaboration. Hence the importance ofcontextualised evidence to provide tailored answers t...
The 5th Africa Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) conference took place from March 11 to 14. This edition which was also the 10th anniversary of the biennale focused on achieving universal health coverage at primary healthcare level. It was a gathering of stakeholders from across the globe who converged to attend the 5th AfHEA Bien...
The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 10th annual meeting took place in Chicago (8-10 March) under the theme “translation and implementation for impact in Global Health”. This was the first time I attended this conference; I left feeling hopeful yet remained confused on multiple fronts. But, before we get into that, two th...
Results from the largest HIV Survey ever conducted in Nigeria were made public by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on 14th March 2019. He formally unveiled the findings from the survey and launched the Revised National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework 2019-2021 which will guide HIV program interventions in the...
“On March 15, 2019, I was invited to speak about the health situation in Yemen at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva as a member of the Southern Independent Group in an event titled “Right to Peace and Security: The Case of Yemen”. In this article, I share the speech I delivered. I talked about the challenges and fragmentation fac...
