Better national funding, more thorough education about lifestyle choices and redesigned healthcare that puts people at its centre are what we need to ensure no one is left behind.

Helen Clark 20 Sep 2019

Sustainable Development Impact Summit

7 ways the private sector can contribute to universal health coverage

Health expenditures are rising – but government funding has stalled, and personal spending is filling the gap. Here's how the private sector can help.

Sofiat Akinola and Dessislava Dimitrova 20 Sep 2019

Global Health

Those who drink tea regularly have healthier brains, research shows

Tea drinkers have better organized brain regions, compared to non-tea drinkers, a study shows.

National University of Singapore · Futurity 20 Sep 2019

Healthcare Delivery

How reading and writing can help us live longer, healthier lives

Studies have found that in order to age well, it helps to keep writing, reading and talking. This is how we can benefit if we continue to flex our literary muscles.

Roger J Kreuz · The Conversation 13 Sep 2019

Global Health

Malaria could be gone by the middle of the century. Here’s how

New technologies are being developed that could spell the end for this lethal threat.

Johnny Wood 13 Sep 2019

Global Health

Here's how governments can achieve Universal Health Coverage

More than 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty because they have to pay for their healthcare out-of-pocket, writes the World Economic Forum's Vanessa Candeias, Head of Shapi...

Vanessa Candeias · World Bank 12 Sep 2019

Global Health

These brothers are combining linguistics and AI to increase the quality of end-of-life care

Bob and David Gramling are combining palliative care expertise, linguistics and AI to encourage more effective conversations between doctors and people receiving end-of-life care.

Michael Erard · Mosaic Science 04 Sep 2019

Africa

The women of Turkana county, Kenya are ready to lead

Addressing the maternal mortality rate in and around Kakuma refugee camp could set the region's women free to drive it forward economically.

Neema Kaseje 04 Sep 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

AI could give eye charts a personalised overhaul

Artificial intelligence could improve the detection of illnesses during eye exams.

James Devitt · Futurity 02 Sep 2019

Mental Health

This woman is fighting to end stigma around mental health in Uganda

It took more than a decade for Liz Kakooza to be diagnosed with depression. Now the Ugandan mother and mental health advocate is on a mission to make life better for others in the same p...

Kate Whiting 29 Aug 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

In the future, no one should be excluded from healthcare

Advances in AI-driven medicine and telehealth will allow the healthcare revolution to take root in developing countries.

Jasper Westerink 27 Aug 2019

Africa

How to start a digital healthcare revolution in Africa in 6 steps

Nowhere is better positioned to benefit from the digital revolution in healthcare than Africa - but there are some potential pitfalls to overcome first. Here are six solutions to some of ...

Patrice Matchaba 26 Aug 2019

Africa

Why the most important tool in healthcare is trust

As recent research by Wellcome Trust shows, Africans trust vaccines more than most of the rest of the world - but trust in healthcare institutions and practitioners generally is low acros...

Jeremy Farrar 26 Aug 2019

Global Health

Haitian women are dying due to lack of maternal care. Here’s how we can change that

Maternal care is not received by all new mothers in Haiti. But there are options available to fight this.

Jimena Llopis and Emilie Bernadette Perge · World Bank 22 Aug 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

This is how we can prevent one of the biggest killers of children worldwide

Diarrheal diseases are the third leading cause of child mortality globally, with nearly 534,000 under fives dying from them in 2017. Promoting preventative measures and sharing knowledge ...

Our World in Data 22 Aug 2019

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