Global Health Microblog- 7 Things You Need to Know About Cancer - this week on my column. April 17, 20147 Things You Need to Know About Cancer - this week on my column.
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- NCDFREE’s latest short film - focusing on an inspiring... April 3, 2014NCDFREE’s latest short film - focusing on an inspiring health hero in Ghana.
- "In short, human-driven climate change poses a great threat, unprecedented in type and scale, to..." April 3, 2014“In short, human-driven climate change poses a great threat, unprecedented in type and scale, to well-being, health and perhaps even to human survival.” - Prof Anthony McMichael
- "What we need in cities are networks of low-stress facilities so people of all sorts can feel..." April 1, 2014“What we need in cities are networks of low-stress facilities so people of all sorts can feel comfortable riding casually.” - FastCoExist.
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- "Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are..." March 31, 2014“Unless we act dramatically and quickly, science tells us our climate and our way of life are literally in jeopardy. Denial of the science is malpractice.” - US Secretary of State John Kerry
- 7 Things You Need to Know About Cancer - this week on my column. April 17, 2014
About the Bloggers
Lead Blogger Dr Alessandro Demaio is an Australian Medical Doctor with a Masters in Public Health. In 2010, Sandro began a PhD in Global Health with the University of Copenhagen, focusing on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). His primary research was based in Mongolia. From 2013 Alessandro is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Professor at the Copenhagen School of Global Health; and Co-Founder of NCDFREE.
Sandro is joined by a sensational team of Guest Bloggers from around the globe; specialists in economics, humanitarianism, policy, law, health promotion and more:
Alexandra Abel
Global Health & Classical Music, Imperial College LondonAfsan Bhadelia
Research Fellow, Harvard UniversityChristopher Tedeschi
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsDr Fred Hersch
MD & Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global HealthDr Fiona Lander
Lawyer & MDJason Calvert
Health Economist, PricewaterhouseCoopers LondonDr Jenny Jamieson
MD & Humanitarian Specialist, Médecins Sans FrontièresJo Jewell
Policy Specialist, World Cancer Research FundDr Kremlin Wickramasinghe
Medical Doctor & Researcher in NCD Epidemiology, University of OxfordPooja Yerramilli
Global Health and Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of EconomicsRasmus Wibæk
Health Researcher, University of CopenhagenRennie Sloan
Director of Global Health Communications, American Cancer SocietyShauna Downs
Global Health and Nutrition Researcher, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of SydneyShusmita Khan
Nutritionist & Coordinator, Eminence BangladeshDr Sundeep Kishore, PhD
Chair, Advisory Council, Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network
