Articles

: Steven Lott
: January 10, 2012

Social media and health - Twitter feeds were faster than traditional sources in tracking cholera in post-earthquake Haiti

Twitter feeds and internet-based news were faster than traditional sources at detecting the onset and progression of the cholera epidemic in post-earthquake Haiti,... More »
: Articles, Haiti, mhealth, Social media
: Steven Lott
: November 28, 2011

India's growing healthcare crisis - challenges of equity, capacity and funding

In India, some of the best healthcare in the world is delivered through the private sector. Nine out of ten doctors in India work in the private sector. But the... More »
: Access to healthcare, Articles, Global health, India
: Steven Lott
: October 28, 2011

WIPO Re:Search initiative to drive R&D in Neglected Tropical Diseases

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently announced the launch of Re:Search – a new consortium where public and private sector organizations... More »
: Articles, Global, Global health, innovation, Intellectual property, Neglected tropical diseases
: Steven Lott
: October 11, 2011

Worldwide TB cases decline - WHO 2011 TB Report

The World Health Organization recently released the 2011 Global Tuberculosis Control Report, providing encouraging results – the number of people who fell ill with... More »
: Articles, Global, Global health, Tuberculosis
: Steven Lott
: September 29, 2011

Drug scams a billion-dollar industry

The results of a recent Interpol operation highlighted the global magnitude of illegal medicine sales -- and the public health concerns raised by this activity.... More »
: Articles, Counterfeit medicine, Global, internet pharmacies
: Steven Lott
: September 22, 2011

BRICS to prepare roadmap for tackling NCDs

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases held in New York, a BRICS Health Ministers’ Round Table... More »
: Articles, Brazil, China, Global health, India, NCDs, Russia, South Africa
: Steven Lott
: August 24, 2011

UN High-Level Meeting on NCD prevention and control

Global leaders will meet in New York from 19-20 September 2011 to chart the way forward to address the number one killer accounting for over 63% of deaths in the... More »
: Articles, Global, Global health, NCDs
: James Ward
: August 18, 2011

Bayer's social media mistake - challenges for the pharmaceutical industry

Bayer UK got caught in the social media minefield by tweeting headlines from their press releases. While this was likely a case of confusion about the rules rather... More »
: Articles, DTC advertising, Social media, United Kingdom
: Steven Lott
: August 8, 2011

Healthcare sector driving U.S. job growth

According to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 25% of of the 117,000 new jobs created in the U.S. in July were in healthcare.... More »
: Articles, Healthcare industry, USA
: Steven Lott
: August 3, 2011

International collaboration to enhance global drug quality and safety

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, together with its European and Australian counterparts, recently released the results of pilot programs focused on increasing... More »
: Articles, Global, Health policy, Importation