Americans have generally come to terms with the fact that their health care system is somewhat broken, but it is time to face the fact that our mental health system is downright 'busted."
Our mental health system arose out of an American health care paradox: people suffering from emotional...
Posted September 24, 2009 | 11:45:25 (EST)
The current healthcare reform debates are redefining roles for all involved. Politicians think they are historians, civilians fancy themselves as a legislative body, and media personas suddenly see themselves as newsmakers rather than reporters. I recently joined this trend. By all accounts, I'm an academic, but in the dogged-days of...
Posted June 29, 2009 | 13:54:04 (EST)
Written with Lauren Taylor
From June 15-19, Yale University's new Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) held its inaugural conference, bringing together top leaders in global health to inspire leadership and new approaches to strengthening health systems. To many ears, what they heard at the conference may have sounded like contradictions....
Posted June 16, 2009 | 11:11:00 (EST)
Written with Lauren Taylor
It used to be the case that global health work mandated spending enormous sums of money on disease-focused outcomes. The money went towards supplying anti-retroviral treatment for the HIV, DOTS for those stricken by tuberculosis, and artemisinin combination therapy for the millions who contract malaria...
Posted January 6, 2010 | 18:29:03 (EST)