Ann Aerts is Head of the Novartis Foundation.
Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other NCDs account for more than 70% of global deaths – yet many countries still operate with incomplete, outdated or unusable health data. A 2023 AS...
社会的に脆弱な立場にある人々の健康と、健康の公平性を改善するには、健康の社会的決定要因に対処する必要があります。米国では、健康アウトカムの中で医療が占める割合は10～20％に過ぎず、教育や所得などの社会的決定要因が残りの80～90％を占めると推定されています。
Improving health and health equity for vulnerable populations requires addressing the social determinants of health. In the US, it is estimated that medical care only accounts for 10-20% ...
Every 40 seconds, at least one person in the world has a heart attack and every year, 18 million people die from cardiovascular disease. It is one of the world’s biggest killers.
It seems a given that delivering health and care services virtually – that is, enabling remote access through digital means – would automatically make it more accessible to more people. Y...
According to the World Bank’s recent report, over half of the world’s population is unable to access basic health services. This is a stark reminder of the persistent inequity that exists...
Desde que trabajara como una joven doctora en Angola hace unos 20 años, África ha cambiado notablemente, y para mejor. En ningún área ha sido el cambio tan evidente como en el modo en que...
Africa has changed remarkably, and for the better, since I first worked as a young doctor in Angola some 20 years ago. But no change has been more obvious than the way the continent has a...
Most of us know about hypertension – at least we think we do. We understand that abnormally high blood pressure puts us at greater risk of heart attacks and stroke. And we also know that ...
