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”
interpreting history
I recently returned from a trip to the hospital complex on Ellis Island, the immigration center for the New York/New Jersey area that operated midway through the…… Read more “interpreting history”
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”
Let’s talk about periods.
Among the winners of this year’s Academy Awards was Period. End of Sentence, a documentary short that tells the story of one Indian village’s brave quest to…… Read more “Let’s talk about periods.”
a reflection on the evolution of global health
On my last visit to my grandmas house she presented me with an article written about my great grandfather in the 1950’s. He was an eye surgeon…… Read more “a reflection on the evolution of global health”
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”
Brief thoughts on access to banking and its affects on health
I have been thinking about informal and formal financial structures in developing countries recently and their impacts on health. This topic is on my mind because of…… Read more “Brief thoughts on access to banking and its affects on health”
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”
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