UK development secretary sets out strategy to tackle global health crisis

Your chance to quiz a potential future UK health secretary.

The BMJ is co-hosting a UK general election hustings with representatives from the main political parties and is asking readers to join the debate by submitting questions. Participants in the event, which will be streamed live from the British Library at 11 am on Tuesday 21 April, will include Jeremy Hunt, Conservative health secretary; Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat healthminister; AndyBurnham,...

Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis

‘‘Probably no other disease in human history has been associated with social and political activism to the extent that the HIV epidemic has,’’ says the AIDS Activism Web site [1]. Such activism played a huge role in reducing the costs of antiretroviral drugs in developing countries [2]. Five years ago, one of us (GY) argued that similar activism was needed to raise awareness of shortfalls in gl...

The Global Health Crisis of Solidarity: A Response to Recent Commentaries

childhood obesity: a global public health crisis

introduction:childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. the prevalence of  childhood obesity has increased over few years. it is caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized. one or more factors (genetic, behavioral, and environmental) cause obesity in children. physical, psychological, and social health problems are caused due to child...

Development Strategy of Health Tourism in Iran

Introduction: Iran has considerable potentials for growth of health tourism. However, they have not been properly realized towards national development.This paper has attempted to prioritize the development strategies of health tourism in Iran which has been conducted on the hospitals of Tehran. Methods: This study is a descriptive-analytical research. It...