How to Meet the Health Needs of People in the Time of Covid-19?
This is the first in a series of blog posts by ACCESS Health India Country Director Dr. Krishna Reddy. Dr. Reddy is a board certified cardiologist with a long and distinguished career, marked by his leadership of the CARE Hospital Group which …
Interview with a Geriatrician on the Frontlines of Covid-19
Covid-19 disproportionately affects those who are older and who have underlying health conditions. As cases soared across the United States in 2020, much of the focus has been placed on the healthcare workers in hospitals and urgent care facilities who are bearing …
How Antibody Tests Can Be Used To Fight COVID-19
There is a new antibody test that will change the landscape of Covid-19 testing as we know it. There are now two ways to test for Covid-19: one that measures the actual virus, and one that measures the body’s reaction to the …
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 …
Partners In Health Rwanda: Lessons In Eliminating Barriers To Quality Care
In late February, Dr. Krishna Reddy, Country Director of ACCESS Health India, and I traveled to Rwanda to learn more about health systems strengthening from an organization that has proven itself to be a formidable leader in the field: Partners in health …
Interview with an American Quarantined in China for Covid-19
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 …
Making Global Health Equity The Basis Of Health Education
In a world where the dream of global health equity is made real, every single person—no matter who they are or where they come from—has the ability to lead a healthy and productive life. Health equity has become a hot topic, a …
ACCESS Health Aging Books Featured on Here’s To Your Health Radio
ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine was interviewed by Joshua Lane on the radio program, Here’s To Your Health. The program explores ideas that can improve the health of people of all ages and their communities. In the interview, Dr. …
FOX Business Interviews ACCESS Health on the Latest Coronavirus Outbreak
ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine was recently interviewed by Liz Claman, host of the Claman Countdown on the FOX Business Network, on the latest coronavirus outbreak which started in Wuhan, China. Dr. Haseltine recently returned from Wuhan where he …