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How to help the world's poor most effectively
News, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 22/12/2025
» As 2025 draws to a close, it's natural to turn our thoughts to the good we can do in the coming year -- not just for our families and communities, but for the world at large. The holidays are a moment not just for personal resolutions but for asking a bigger question: how can we help the world's poor as effectively as possible?
Lung diseases kill yet remain overlooked
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 18/11/2025
» A senior representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all stakeholders -- governments, clinicians, journalists and advocates -- to confront chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), particularly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), in the lead-up to World COPD Day on Wednesday.
Winning the battle against TB
News, Aaron Motsoaledi & Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 27/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump's spending freeze on foreign aid marks a significant challenge for the international development community, and many experts warn that diseases will surge.
Public health needs more attention
News, Saima Wazed, Published on 08/04/2024
» April 7 marks the founding anniversary of the World Health Organization. It was on this day, in 1948, that the WHO constitution came into force for the first time.
AI could help eliminate tuberculosis
News, Mohammed Yassin, Published on 25/03/2024
» Groundbreaking new technologies seem to be emerging with increasing frequency nowadays. Since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI's generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, has become a global sensation, attracting more than 100 million users and inspiring numerous imitators. The technology's fast-evolving capabilities have also commanded the attention of world leaders, dominating discussions at both COP28 in Dubai and the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos.
Ministry to curb number of TB cases every year
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 24/03/2024
» The Public Health Ministry aims to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) patients by 5% every year.
Ministry ups efforts to end resistant TB
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/10/2023
» The Public Health Ministry is intensifying efforts against drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) as part of its goal of eradicating the disease from the country by the end of the decade.
New TB kit to curb spread
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/03/2023
» The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has signed an MoU with AEC Healthcare on the transfer of DMSc-TB FastAmp (TB-LAMP) kit production technology, aiming to support tuberculosis (TB) control.
Hungry ATM
News, Postbag, Published on 27/02/2022
» An ATM recently swallowed my overseas credit card and refused to return it.
Can we afford to lose effective drugs?
News, Shobha Shukla & Bobby Ramakant, Published on 22/11/2021
» Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) might be known to consumers and patients simply as drug resistance. However, it is actually a looming threat to global health security which threatens to derail efforts to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals.