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 …
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 …
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 …
Can Home Care Workers Help Older Adults Escape Late Life Depression And Anxiety?
Conversations about the mental health of older adults frequently revolve around two things: Alzheimer’s and dementia. While it makes sense that cognitive disorders such as these would occupy a prominent place in the public imagination, the picture they paint of the mental …
Use of Standardized Patients for Healthcare Quality Research in Low and Middle Income Countries
This article, recently published by BMJ Global Health, notes that the use of standardized patients is becoming increasingly common as a means to measure the quality of care. The standardized patient methodology is regarded as a gold standard for quality of care …
Use of Standardized Patients for Healthcare Quality Research in Low and Middle Income Countries
This article, recently published by BMJ Global Health, notes that the use of standardized patients is becoming increasingly common as a means to measure the quality of care. The standardized patient methodology is regarded as a gold standard for quality of care …
The 2019 Catalog: A Collection of Speeches, Articles, Interviews, and Travel Commentaries by ACCESS Health Chairman and President William A. Haseltine
Gathered in this catalog are all the speeches, interviews, articles, and travel commentaries produced by ACCESS Health International Chairman and President William A. Haseltine over the course of 2019. An additional compilation of Haseltine’s correspondence with friends and colleagues from previous years …