Here is this week’s selection of Global Health related news. This week, we are more academically focused: we bring to you a selection of interesting and thought-provoking publications. As usual, feel free to leave a like, comment, and share your thoughts!
The Lancet Series on One Health and Global Health Security (The Lancet, Jan. 19, 2023)
> This four-paper Lancet Series explores the adoption of One Health approaches to improve health security. The papers contained in this publication are the following:
- One Health: a call for ecological equity
- Advancing One human–animal–environment Health for global health security: what does the evidence say?
- A global analysis of One Health Networks and the proliferation of One Health collaborations
- How prepared is the world? Identifying weaknesses in existing assessment frameworks for global health security through a One Health approach
- Global and regional governance of One Health and implications for global health security
- One Health action for health security and equity https://www.thelancet.com/series/one-health-and-global-health-security
Bioengineering for global health (Nature, Jan. 19, 2023)
> Bioengineering has the power to improve health globally by engineering diagnostic, treatment and disease monitoring platforms that function in diverse settings, including resource-constrained contexts. In this Viewpoint, the authors highlight the pressing challenges that need to be addressed to make the field more equitable and to enable bioengineered solutions that can be implemented anywhere, anytime and by anyone.
What do you think? Is bioengineering a viable option to contribute to improved global health? https://www.nature.com/articles/s44222-022-00009-1
The future of global health spending amidst multiple crises (Relief Web - OCHA, Jan. 18, 2023)
> In response to the far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 crisis, governments worldwide ramped up spending in the health sector. However, deteriorating macroeconomic conditions—alongside consequences of the war in Ukraine and competing national priorities—will significantly constrain public and aid spending on health in 2023 and beyond. https://reliefweb.int/report/world/future-global-health-spending-amidst…