Is This Coronavirus Epidemic The Big One?
When a friend asked me if this was the big one two weeks ago, I was not sure. Today I can answer: Yes. This is a big one in terms of lives that will be affected and lost, and economies destroyed. But… …
Tech Care for All and ACCESS Health Webinar on Covid-19
ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine and Senior Vice President of Global Health at Tech Care for All, Pam Bolton hosted a thirty minute live discussion about the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. During the webinar, available …
Healthcare must be Affordable and Accessible, but also High Quality
This post, authored by Valerie Shelly (ACCESS Health International), Susann Roth (Asian Development Bank) and Kirthi Ramesh (Asian Development Bank), originally appeared on the Asian Development Bank blog. Universal health coverage must be high quality to improve patients’ health outcomes Shakina lives in …
Wondering What A Coronavirus Quarantine Is Really Like?
Quarantine is an often disquieting term. From the mid 1300s to today, the word has evoked images of the sick and defenseless being dragged from their homes and locked away with dozens if not hundreds of potentially infectious strangers. The reality in …
Universal Disease Screening and Treatment — The Egyptian Example
An interview with William Haseltine about the following article is also available here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1915818 Thirty years ago, chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity accounted for less than 45% of the global disease burden. Today, they are the leading causes …
Coronavirus Mismanagement Is Risking American Lives
It is now clear that the U.S. response to the potential dangers of the coronavirus infection is inadequate, confused, and—worst of all—putting us all at much greater risk than we need to be. Our first mistake was in choosing to develop our …
Why Are We So Fearful of the New Coronavirus?
This article was originally published on Psychology Today. In the thick of a disease outbreak, the line between panic and preparedness can feel perilously thin. For individuals living with comorbidities like chronic lung and immunodeficiency diseases, the new coronavirus is deadly. To …
Prince Mahidol Side Meeting on Digital Technology to Achieve Universal Healthcare
ACCESS Health recently co-hosted a side meeting with Health Futures partner FHI360 on the use of digital technology in achieving universal healthcare. The side meeting was held at Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) in Bangkok, Thailand, a gathering that attracts hundreds of …
Escalate Federal Action Against The Coronavirus Before It’s Too Late
The 2019 coronavirus, otherwise known as 2019-nCoV, is spreading faster and further each day. This past Sunday, infectious disease experts told The New York Times that a full blown pandemic is increasingly likely, if not inevitable. Why, then, is the response of …
What Governments Must Do To Deliver An Anti Coronavirus Drug Within Months
The world needs an anti coronavirus drug as soon as possible—and there is something the United States government can do right now to achieve that. STAT News recently reported that most big pharma companies have been reluctant to join the search for …