https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/04/726139304/an-urgent-mystery-whos-attacking-ebola-responders-in-congo-and-why A fascinating – and depressing – read exploring the attacks on Ebola responders in Congo and the very complicated layers of politics that perhaps underpin them. …… Read more “July Global Health Readings”
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June Global Health Readings
I’ll plug a blog post at the Harvard Macy Institute website that I did last month, on global health and medical education. I’ll also plug the performance Suitcase Stories,…… Read more “June Global Health Readings”
April/May Global Health Readings
First off, I read the wonderful book Factfulness that Bhavna Seth kindly gave me, by the crew behind Gapminder. I highly recommend it – well written, easy to get through…… Read more “April/May Global Health Readings”
March Global Health Readings
A reading list that ended up very Devex heavy, not intentionally: https://www.devex.com/news/as-jim-kim-steps-down-a-tumultuous-world-bank-presidency-comes-to-an-end-94247 Devex covers nicely the ups and downs of the Jim Kim World Bank presidency. I…… Read more “March Global Health Readings”
Dec & Jan Global Health Readings
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/politics/jim-kim-world-bank-president.html A surprising and sudden departure of World Bank President Jim Kim into private sector financial work. Unclear why this happened – it is hard not…… Read more “Dec & Jan Global Health Readings”
November Global Health Readings
A bit delayed, but better late than never! Also a bit delayed, but my annual plug for people to consider using https://www.givewell.org/ to help guide your charitable giving.…… Read more “November Global Health Readings”
October Global Health Readings
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20181011.858188/full/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/business/china-health-care-doctors.html http://www.who.int/primary-health/conference-phc/declaration Several pieces touching on quality of care – the Health Affairs a response to several recent high level reports about quality improvement as efforts…… Read more “October Global Health Readings”
Sept Global Health Readings
A bit of a delay in these emails – I was appointed to an APD role in August, which has been excellent but a lot of work…… Read more “Sept Global Health Readings”
Income versus Wealth
Every year I delight in discussing this paper by World Bank economist Bruno Milankovic at our bootcamp, in part because I find that it invariably leads to…… Read more “Income versus Wealth”
2018 Global Health Bootcamp: Chiapas
In a shift from years prior, we have moved our Global Health Pathway bootcamp from India to Chiapas in Southern Mexico, graciously hosted by the Mexican NGO…… Read more “2018 Global Health Bootcamp: Chiapas”
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