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Young (and occasionally less young) researchers, mostly from LMICs, present their views on global health issues.
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...
My recent visit to London gave me a somewhat “homely feeling”. I came across plenty of South Asians in the city, bumping into an Indian/South Asian almost every 200-300 meters, and frequently overhearing conversations in Hindi, my native language. London is a busy city with lots of tourists, and full of foreign students, many of whom come to...
This year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is a mixed one for us Canadians – in the world of global health policy and practice, we are heralded as a beacon for global health leadership on women, and for highlighting Canadian women’s leadership in global health. The ethos of feminism espoused by the current government was demonstrated at t...
In evidence-informed policy-making, there has been an increasing focus on involving those who are potentially affected by policies in the policy-making process. While at the Knowledge to Policy Center (K2P) (American University of Beirut, Lebanon), I spoke to Rana Saleh (Advocacy and Evidence Lead Specialist at K2P) on her work on citizen engage...