Obesity is one of the most urgent global health challenges of the 21st century. Prevalence rates have reached pandemic proportions,...

Primary health care (PHC) brings comprehensive health care closer to people and a PHC provider is oftentimes the first health point of...

The number of people with type 2 diabetes continues to expand to record levels globally, and Indigenous peoples have some of the highest...

The number of people living with diabetes (PLWDs) has quadrupled in the last 40 years, adding to the pressures on health systems,...

Preventable, yet persistent, Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is the most commonly acquired heart disease in people under 25 years of age....

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the threat that sudden stresses pose to health resources and supply chains in all countries,...

As long ago as 550 BC, Chinese philosopher Confucius told us to “study the past if you would define the future.” In that spirit FORESIGHT...

A new commitment by Kenya’s leaders helped move mental illness onto the health agenda, yet political will was only the beginning of the...

The covid-19 pandemic has illustrated how chances of recovery from a severe infectious disease are strongly influenced by the presence,...

Innovations in diabetes treatment and management have made enormous contributions to global health over the past 100 years, but there are...

Exploring landmark medical discoveries, and the challenges of ensuring fair and equitable access to their impact. Recovery builds...

Better prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) could avert millions of years of lost productivity. Increasing risk factors cause...

As COVID-19 pandemic-priorities escalated, care of non-communicable diseases got pushed aside, particularly in less well off countries....

It took a rampant, highly infectious and deadly virus to pluck delivery of medical treatment out of the past and into the modern world of...

The past century has been one of enormous progress in the understanding of human pathology and treatment of disease. We are now looking...

As the world continues to undergo one of the biggest healthcare upheavals in a generation, it seems to be an appropriate time to look...

With non-communicable diseases increasingly becoming a major health issue for poorer and wealthier countries alike, securing access to...

In the age of syndemics, it is time to think differently. We need more global health organisations to focus their energy outside the...

Already strained healthcare systems further burdened by the Covid-19 pandemic are struggling to pay sufficient attention to NCDs, the...

Thyroid disorders (TDs) rarely get the publicity of more well-known disease groups, but can lead to tragic consequences, especially in...