Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.

We take it for granted that society gets better at tackling infectious disease over time, but when you really think about it the progress we’ve made in the last century is pretty amazing. How does that much progress happen so quickly?...

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.

In this video the panel continue the discussion on Access to Medicines and focus on "who is doing what" (and where a person might be able to find work in this space).

This episodes delves further into healthcare in times of conflict, focusing on access to healthcare and challenges faced by refugees and internally displaced people. Additionally, we address the issues that host-countries face in...

This is a video that discusses different factors that can affect an individual's health, including disease, diet, stress, life situations, and more. The video explains that different types of diseases may interact and cause additional...

The story of the real Typhoid Mary - In the early 1900s, germ theory was a relatively new concept, and many – including doctors – were unaware of how diseases spread. At the time, bacterial diseases like typhoid and dysentery could still...

This video provides an overview of the factors that can affect a person's health, including diseases, diet, stress, and life situations. It discusses the different types of diseases, such as communicable and non-communicable, and the...

In this video, the concept of the chain of infection is explained, highlighting how germs spread from various sources to infect new hosts. It explores the different modes of transmission, including person-to-person contact, indirect...

This video the panel focus on Access to Medicines and will look specifically at gaps in R&D for medicines needed to improve access to medicines in developing countries.

This video provides a basic understanding of antibiotics and painkillers, explaining how they work, what they are used for, and their limitations. The video discusses the difference between bacterial and viral diseases and emphasizes the...

Live from Geneva, Switzerland at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA) the TWiGH Team discusses the pressing Global Health Agenda. Joining the panel are students from the University of South California (USC)...

The video discusses the link between disease and human health, defining and classifying diseases into categories based on onset, transmission, and duration. It also highlights the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle to prevent...

Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing for teenage students

This video provides an informative overview of the common cold, its symptoms, causes, and prevention. It highlights the fact that the common cold is a viral infection that affects the upper respiratory tract and is really common in...

In this video, the speaker discusses communicable diseases. The video provides examples of various communicable diseases caused by different types of pathogens, such as measles caused by a virus, salmonella caused by bacteria, and...

It describes communicable and non-communicable; acute and chronic; congenital and acquired; and endemic, epidemic and pandemic diseases.

On this episode, we are joined by Jordan Jarvis of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN) to discuss the growing burden of Non-Communicable Disease and the latest WHO status report on the issue.

In this episode we interview Dr. Jonathan D. Quick, CEO of Management Sciences for Health and talk about Health Systems.

Silvia Stringhini of Lausane University Hospital is lead author of a study looking into how our jobs affect our lifespan

Africa's healthcare system is on the brink as wars, malnutrition, and funding cuts worsen the crisis. Non-communicable diseases are rising, and aid reductions by developed nations are leaving health workers jobless. Governments face...

Health services in Africa are at risk of “collapse in the next few years” due to soaring chronic diseases, a senior public health leader has warned. Watch in for more details!

Siemens Healthineers CEO Bernd Montag says the firm has ring-fenced its Chinese supply chain from other regions, a move intended to shield the company's operations from escalating trade and geopolitical tensions. Speaking exclusively to...

Beijing - 29 October 2007

1. Wide of Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu, World Health Organisation Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan and others sitting at opening ceremony of Global Forum for Health...