As with previous years, 2026 began with a flourish of pyrotechnics. But in a deviation from the norm, this year those pyrotechnics were less fireworksy and more coupsy in nature. Obviously, I’m talking about the…
Category: Politics
Does global health have a future? Some reflections on the present.
Quite out of the blue, I was contacted a couple of weeks back by the Secretary-General of the Swiss Association for Science Journalism who invited me to deliver a keynote speech at the Association’s yearly ‘Fall…
The America Farce Global Health Strategy. Or, why the United States is not the world’s global health leader.
Is there any point in writing about this farce of a strategy? Not really. I mean, for me sure because it’s cathartic. Writing blogposts is far less painful than punching a wall or myself in…