NCDs

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Aging
Alzheimer's patient Laetitia, 39, is reflected in a mirror as she walks with an umbrella at the Village Landais Alzheimer site in Dax, France, September 24, 2020. Picture taken on September 24, 2020.

The Cost of Inaction

by George Vradenburg

Governments worldwide should step up against Alzheimer’s

Urbanization
Black mold covers the ceiling of a home in New Orleans, Louisiana. The landlord moved the tenant from her apartment into another one in the same complex with similar issues.

Obstacles to Healing Asthma

by Amal A. Abdi, Lydia Haile

The link between disparities in housing, access to care, and respiratory health among Black Americans

Villagers ride a motorcycle in a haze hit Dumai, in Indonesia's Riau provinc
Governance

Noncommunicable Diseases and Foreign Policy on Global Health

by David P. Fidler

The pandemic and climate change will deepen foreign policy disinterest in NCDs

Cancer patient Deborah Charles is seen through the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner as she prepares to enter the MRI machine for an examination at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington May 23, 2007.
Gender

Cancer Doesn't Stop For You, Millennial

by Ariana Tantillo

So don't skip out on your annual wellness exam, a young cancer survivor warns

A patient suffering from COVID-19 and diabetes, is pictured inside a capsule as Red Cross paramedics transfer him from a hospital to another in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 8, 2020
Governance

Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Serena Tohme, Samantha Kiernan

Why addressing chronic diseases is crucial for future pandemic preparedness

A girl carries a bucket with laundry on her head while heading home as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Yoff neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal on January 26, 2021.
Trade

To Decolonize Global Health, We Must Examine the Global Political Economy

by Pooja Yerramilli

We cannot talk about decolonizing without discussing colonialism's most fundamental legacy in global health

Cigarette butts are seen in front of exhibited skulls during the Day of Skulls celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia November 8, 2019. The photo shows two human skulls laid out with flowers in a ceremonial way with a number of burned cigarettes in the foreground. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Governance

COVID-19 and Tobacco: Unmasking the Smoke Screen

by José Luis Castro, Dina Mired 

World No Tobacco Day 2020 exposes the false dichotomy between public health and the economy when it comes to Big Tobacco