Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has helped immunise 760 million children. But one child in ten is unvaccinated. Continued and increased investment is needed.
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NIGERIA’S CHILD DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IS A TRAGEDY – HERE’S HOW WE CAN END IT
If you want a window on the condition of children in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, there is no better vantage point than the Katanga health centre...
Emergency Health Unit fight against the Samoan measles outbreak
I arrived in Samoa shortly after a two-day mass measles vaccination campaign. The government had vaccinated nearly 40,000 people in an effort to stem the spread...
Keep the promise: why governments need to deliver health for all
Ensuring all people have access to timely, good-quality healthcare without facing financial hardship is the kind of message election wins are made of....
Beware… No antibiotics here!
It's antibiotic awareness week. But too often discussions focus on the impending doom of antibiotic resistance, without looking at issues of wider access.
A day in the life of a health clinic on the Venezuelan-Colombian border
7AM: I reach the health clinic on the Venezuelan-Colombian border at 7:00am. There’s already a long line of girls and women waiting outside. Most cradle...
Pneumonia – the forgotten epidemic
Pneumonia is the world’s deadliest disease but it’s often a forgotten epidemic. Every year it kills more children than any other illness. To put this into...
The Global Fund needs to broaden its mandate
I'm delighted the global health community has raised a whopping £14 billion for the fight against malaria, TB and HIV. But I have one plea...
Health for all is within reach – and within our means
Our new report, Health for All Within Reach, shows that universal health coverage is achievable. But to close the $497bn funding gap something needs to change.
High-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage: Making the right to health a reality for all
Co-authored by Kevin Watkins, CEO of Save the Children UK and Rob Yates, Head of the Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House The global community has...