A major radio campaign promoting family planning in Northern Nigeria failed to produce lasting increases in contraception uptake despite reaching millions of listeners.
A woman holding her contraceptive at the Badarawa Primary Health Care Centre in Kaduna, Nigeria, © UNPFA Nigeria / Seyi Fashina
The study was led by …
Study analyses health costs for people living with both HIV and depression, highlight changes needed to HIV care and health policies in Uganda
New research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine highlights the need for better healthcare coverage and social protection policies for people living with depression…
Non-communicable diseases are now responsible for more than seven in ten deaths in Nepal, yet just over a decade ago, they struggled to gain political attention.
A new study published in Health Policy and Planning reveals how Nepal moved non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from the margins of…
A new study examining maternal death reviews in Tanzania is raising important questions about how health systems identify and learn from maternal deaths, and whether current approaches may be overlooking the bigger picture.
The study, led by Kerstin Almdal and published in the journal Health Policy and…
The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries presents significant challenges for health systems that were historically structured to address infectious diseases.
Hypertension is among the leading contributors to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, yet the capacity of primary healthcare systems to provide consistent hypertension…
In this blog, Dr Catharina C Boehme discusses the critical role of science-driven collaboration in advancing One Health and strengthening health security in South-East Asia
World Health Day (WHD) is an annual global awareness campaign observed on April 7 to mark the founding of the World Health Organisation…
By Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia Region
PM Modi warns of the threat from antimicrobial resistance
In December 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a timely warning about one of the most serious yet under-recognised global health threats: antimicrobial resistance (AMR). PM Modi alerted…
By Xiaoying Zhu (Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne; School of Elderly Care Services and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine)
Background
The hospitalisation rate of residents in China has been steadily rising
By Mumta Hargovan, Leslie London & Marsha Orgill (University of Cape Town)
Alcohol is deeply entangled in the social, political and economic history of South Africa (SA). There is a high prevalence of heavy episodic drinking (binge-drinking) and related harms, including a costly burden of injuries and trauma on…
Dr Eti Rajwar1 and Prof Sandy Oliver2
1Public Health Evidence South Asia, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
2EPPI Centre, Social Research Institute, University College London, UK
August 2023
“Change is inevitable, growth is optional!”- John C Maxwell
It is famously said that ‘Change…
