Cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and their shared risk factors now cause the majority of deaths worldwide, including in most low- and middle-income countries. The epidemiological picture has shifted faster than health systems and financing, which in many places remain organised around acute and infectious illness.
Our coverage follows that mismatch: prevention, long-term care capacity, access to essential medicines, and the commercial and environmental determinants that shape exposure to risk.
Global health explained: definition, how it differs from international and public health, key actors, financing, major priorities and persistent structural challenges.
The major global health challenges: NCDs, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic risk, workforce shortages, climate change, mental health and health financing gaps.