Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Health and Disease #33
In this video we look at how to describe the terms health and disease, the difference between communicable and non-communicable disease, and how diseases can interact.
Curated Video
GCSE Biology - Communicable Disease #34
Communicable diseases are those that can spread from person to person, because they're caused by pathogens. This video considers what pathogens are, how they cause disease, the different ways they can spread, and how we can reduce that...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) strategy for 2023-2025. Innovative public health at its best!
The Medicines Patent Pool is one of the most interesting and innovative global health organisations. They have a huge impact on access to medicines in low-and-middle income countries. In this video we look at their new strategy for...
Vlogbrothers
How Big a Problem is Mental Illness?
In which John discusses global human health, mental illness, and how metrics like Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) can help us understand how severely mental illness affects human health around the world.
Curated Video
Lifestyle and Non-Communicable Diseases: Understanding the Factors and Correlations
The video is a lecture on lifestyle and noncommunicable diseases. The speaker explains the difference between communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and how noncommunicable diseases are caused by inheritance and lifestyle factors...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Finding the right job in Global Health
In this video Dr Greg Martin talks about how to get the perfect job in Global Health and Public Health. Candidates for jobs need to have an in-depth knowledge of subject matter (like HIV, TB, malaria, non-communicable disease etc.) and...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Epidemiological transition
Epidemiological transition is the changing patterns of disease (and causes of death) seen in human history. Those of us interested in public health and global health need to understand that this process isn’t over. The epidemiology of...
Weird History
What Was Hygiene Like On The Titanic
Like most things aboard the Titanic, hygienic practices and resources were dictated by class. First-class passengers traveling on the Titanic enjoyed some of the most luxurious bathing, dining, and recreational facilities to have ever...
Let's Tute
Health and Disease: Test Your Knowledge!
In this video, the teacher challenges the viewers to test their knowledge of diseases by solving case scenarios. By identifying different types of diseases and their modes of transmission, the viewers are able to deepen their...
Curated Video
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases: Understanding the Types and Impacts
This video is a lecture presentation on communicable and non-communicable diseases. The presenter defines what a disease is and explains the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases. The video also discusses the...
Curated Video
Understanding Lifestyle and Non-Communicable Disease.
This video discusses the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases, and the various risk factors that contribute to non-communicable diseases. It also explores the different effects of lifestyle factors on the...
Curated Video
Global life expectancy plunges as WHO warns of deepening health crisis Post-COVID
Furthermore, recent disruptions in international aid threaten to destabilize progress, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The WHO is calling for sustained and predictable financing from both domestic and global sources to...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Heavy floods and drought could put E Africa at risk UN
CLEAN : Heavy floods and drought could put E Africa at risk UN
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : More Africans at risk of chronic illness says WHO
City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that will see more people die of chronic illnesses than infectious diseases by 2030 a WHO study shows
TED-Ed
How Pandemics Spread
An eerie hand-drawn-style animation narrates how diseases are dispersed on a global scale. Although the content can strike fear in the hearts of viewers, it ends by noting how science has provided a way to minimize impact by identifying...
TED-Ed
How We Conquered the Deadly Smallpox Virus
The deadly smallpox virus, which killed between 300-500 million people in the twentieth century alone, is a feature player in modern world history. Discover how this disease spread across the globe by and through various nations...
TED-Ed
What Makes TB the World's Most Infectious Killer?
Tuberculosis is one of the most pervasive—and one of the oldest—diseases in the world. Why is it so hard to control the spread of this sickness? Watch an informative video about the white plague, also known as consumption, that...
Crash Course
The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course History of Science #16
Back in 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, he discovered more than a new world! Part 16 in an ongoing History of Science series explores the Columbian Exchange and other major events in the Spanish colonial period. Viewers learn...
SciShow
6 Sleeper-Agent Pathogens That Can Make You Sick
You may have heard that, if you've had chicken pox, the shingles virus is already inside you. The bad news? It may not be alone! Introduce your microbiology class to some of the trickiest pathogens we know of in the 151st video in an...
TED-Ed
Why it's so Hard to Cure HIV/AIDS
Believe it or not, a man was cured of HIV in 2008; unfortunately doctors are still scratching their heads trying to figure out how it happened. Follow along with this short video to learn about this deadly virus and the unique...
TED-Ed
How Do Germs Spread (and Why Do They Make Us Sick)?
Much the chagrin of mothers around the world, germs are everywhere; it's unavoidable. Learn how these microscopic invaders have evolved different ways of spreading from one host to another with this short instructional video.
TED-Ed
What We Know (and Don't Know) about Ebola
Most people know that Ebola is a deadly virus that they want to avoid, but understand very little about the disease itself. This short video hopes to change that by explaining how the virus affects the body, the symptoms it causes,...
Tyler DeWitt, PhD
Science With Tyler De Witt: Ebola Virus Explained
What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? Take a look at the apocalyptic war that rages in the body after an infection by the Ebola virus and the soldiers fighting....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers: Coronavirus Do's & Don'ts for Parents
This video discusses a few do's & don'ts for families during the coronavirus outbreak. [1:00]