Global Health Microblog- NCDFREE in the media: "Bootcamp for health advocacy change makers" July 14, 2014NCDFREE in the media: "Bootcamp for health advocacy change makers"
- Photo July 11, 2014
- "The fact that NCDs have overtaken infectious diseases as the world’s leading cause of morbidity and..." July 11, 2014“The fact that NCDs have overtaken infectious diseases as the world’s leading cause of morbidity and mortality has profound consequences. This is a seismic shift that calls for sweeping changes in the very mindset of public health.” - DG Chan, WHO
- Video July 8, 2014
- Photo July 7, 2014
- "I am driven by different metrics. We must look beyond the fiscal, to the fulfilling, the fair. Then,..." July 3, 2014““I am driven by different metrics. We must look beyond the fiscal, to the fulfilling, the fair. Then, and only then, will we realise transformative change.””
- Video July 3, 2014
- Photo July 3, 2014
- "Knowledge is power. Knowledge will bring transformative change." July 2, 2014“Knowledge is power. Knowledge will bring transformative change.”
- Non-Communicable Diseases Explained June 28, 2014Non-Communicable Diseases Explained
- Video June 28, 2014
- "Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions." June 28, 2014“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.”
- Video June 17, 2014
- "The moment we begin to think only of ourselves, will spell the beginning of the end for humanity." June 17, 2014“The moment we begin to think only of ourselves, will spell the beginning of the end for humanity.”
- My latest lecture on NCDs - using the IHME’s Global Burden... May 29, 2014My latest lecture on NCDs - using the IHME’s Global Burden of Disease resources.
- "We become what we eat, and so does Earth" May 29, 2014“We become what we eat, and so does Earth” - Prof Johan Rockstrom
- Behavioural economics for global health - with Prof Brian... May 29, 2014Behavioural economics for global health - with Prof Brian Wansink of Cornell.
- NCDFREE Bootcamp #1, Melbourne, Australia May 14, 2014NCDFREE Bootcamp #1, Melbourne, Australia
- Lima, Peru May 14, 2014Lima, Peru
- "Consider it as an asteroid, on course for earth.
Yet we dither. Wait.
How do we communicate the..." May 14, 2014“Consider it as an asteroid, on course for earth. Yet we dither. Wait. How do we communicate the gravity of Climate Change?” […]
- NCDFREE in the media: "Bootcamp for health advocacy change makers" July 14, 2014
About the Bloggers
Lead Blogger Dr Alessandro Demaio is an Australian Medical Doctor with a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in Global Health. Since 2013, Sandro has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Professor at the Copenhagen School of Global Health. He is also Co-Founder of NCDFREE.
Sandro is joined by a sensational team of Guest Bloggers from around the globe.
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 Duncan Matheka
Medical Doctor & Health AdvocateDr 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 FrontièresDr Jeremy Schwartz
MD at Yale School of Medicine; Yale Equity Research and Innovation CenterJo Jewell
Policy Specialist, World Health Organization (Euro)Dr 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 EconomicsRennie 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 NetworkToni Kuguru
Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Global Equity Initiative; World Bank Consultant.
