Championing the private sector in achieving universal health coverage
The UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency, hosted by the Forum, has released a statement on private sector contributions towards Universal Health Coverage.
Global Future Council on Health and Healthcare 2018-2019 A Vision for the Future: Transforming Health Systems
A Vision for the Future: Transforming Health Systems
Here's how to close the $176 billion health financing gap
Governments, development partners and non-governmental organizations are critical players in advancing universal health coverage, but they can’t do it alone. The private sector has a crit...
Australian state provides free tampons to students to tackle taboos
Australia state Victoria has joined a handful of governments, including Scotland, this week by supplying public schools with free tampons and pads in a bid to end stigma around menstruation.
Human relationships are the all-purpose tool for sustainable development
Using the best in psychology, neuroscience, and developmental science, a new community of researchers is testing dozens of interventions to strengthen human relationships.
First do no harm. Why healthcare needs to change
The interdependence between healthcare and climate change represents a unique opportunity to mitigate climate change and have a positive impact on human 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.
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...
This is how social media giants are helping stop the spread of measles
Social media giants are limiting the information they share about vaccinations to reliable sources, a move against false reports that have led to a spread of measles.
This app for tuberculosis increases odds of patients completing treatment
MIT researchers in Kenya have increased the rate of success of TB treatment by 9%, their study concluded. This was achieved through an interactive mobile platform which reminded the patie...
Sierra Leone trials new ways to cut teen pregnancy
Although the global adolescent birth rate has declined in the last two decades the number of teen pregnancies is set to rise. Sierra Leone is testing new ways to cut them.
MIT’s new thread-like robots could travel through blood vessels in the brain for more effective surgery
The new development combines robotics with current surgery techniques, reducing the risks. The 'robot-threads' are made mostly of water and can survive inside the human body.