Our Commonwealth’s silent epidemic
Dr Sania Nishtar, co-Chair of the WHO High Level Commission on NCDs and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, calls on Commonwealth leaders to firefight the slow-burning crisis…
Harnessing innovation to fight communicable diseases
Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, highlights the role of innovation in driving down the burden of communicable diseases around the world, and…
Neglected tropical diseases are neglected no more
Lesser-known tropical diseases affect a fifth of people and can ravage a person’s health and wellbeing, and devastate communities. Dr Caroline Harper, CEO of Sightsavers, explains how relatively simple and…
A defining moment in the fight against malaria
CEO of Malaria No More UK, James Whiting, reinforces the Commonwealth’s key role in efforts to eliminate malaria and firmly believes that now is the defining time to keep our…
Ending AIDS by 2030: A matter of social justice
Global gains against the AIDS epidemic are slowing. In order for world leaders to deliver on their commitment to ending the disease as a public health threat by 2030, Winnie…
Pandemic preparedness must be prioritised
Elhadj As Sy, Co-chair of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board and Former Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, emphasises the devastating potential –…
Global solidarity to end epidemics
Marijke Wijnroks, Chief of Staff at the Global Fund, celebrates the unprecedented global solidarity to end HIV, TB and malaria by 2030 at the organisation's Sixth Replenishment Conference and believes…