June 25, 2013– August 24, 2018 Contents The following blog posts were originally published on The Lancet Global Health Blog, which closed on December 31, 2018. 2018 42 Pandemic response: fear is inevitable, panic is optional C Simms 1 Ensuring quality care in Pakistan M H Zaman 44 Management of tuberculosis in pregnancy: 100 years later and we are still getting it wrong 3 Beginning the process: shaping global health in a multipolar world B-T Nyang’wa for the next 25 years R Seifman 46 Bridging the gap between global policy and local practice of respectful maternity care 5 After Argentina, other Latin American and Caribbean countries I de Vries and J Browne should not be afraid to debate abortion legalisation M Elder 48 Highlights from the second MSF Paediatric Days, Dakar, December 2017 7 Fixed-dose combination therapy for cardiovascular disease: S Nejat, with L Hiffler, D M Garcia, and A Kadir what can we learn from HIV? H Bygrave 51 Public-private partnership integrated health-care delivery: experience and lessons from Nepal 9 Ensuring prioritisation of gender and sexual minority health as R Schwarz and P Nepal part of our demands for UHC and LGBT+ rights A Raj and D Smith 55 Process matters when it comes to implementing the SDGs M Najafizada 11 Neglected tropical diseases and disability—what is the link? H Kuper 57 Global surgery and anaesthesia—expanding human capability S Juran 13 Biocitizenship and forced removals C Simms 59 Recommitting to children in the 2018 global AIDS agenda C Lyons 15 The new look of MDR and XDR-TB treatment: the times they are 61 Embracing global standards for community health care on Nepal’s a-changing H Huerga, U Khan, and K J Seung path towards universal health coverage A Thapa, P Chaudhary, and R Schwarz 17 India’s Pfizer litigation: balancing patentability and access to 63 Lessons from interactions between public health and the food and medicines? S Rajam and M Poddar drinks industry M Mwatsama and E Di Ruggiero 19 Mind the gap—closing the gaps in malaria research and 65 Visualizing an alternative biomedical R&D system development C Hogg J Reeder and J Whiting 67 The challenges faced by scientific journals in developing countries 20 Russia’s poor health does not need medicine, it needs evidence S R Mishra and D Neupane D Sarkisyan 22 Demanding a roadmap for non-communicable disease action: 2017 beyond “best buys” S G Ruchman, P Groden, D Newman, and N Sikka 69 Risks and opportunities as funding for polio disappears with the 24 1968: a revolutionary year, also for reproduction disease Nordic Ministers for Development L Kerr and L Stennett 26 Minamata Convention in Mozambique: are we searching under 71 Facing NTDs requires both WASH and health perspectives the wrong lamp post? L Qu F Brugger 73 The precarity of being indigenous: the case of Canada 28 To vaccinate more girls, involve the teachers C Simms B Atuhaire 75 Time to consider police brutality as a global health problem? 30 Urgent need for South Asian collaboration against A Milner and G Russo undifferentiated febrile illness 77 Women Leaders in Global Health: perspectives from emerging A Karkey leaders 32 Remote international medical teaching in North Korea T Jayaraman T Kim, T Kim, and J Zuckerman 79 A model for integrated action: IAEA, UNICEF and WHO collaborate 34 Diagnosis and treatment aren’t always enough: malaria must die to tackle the double burden of malnutrition É Gemme C Loechl 36 Men’s health: the case for global action 81 Innovative point-of-care diagnostic testing solutions emerge as a P Baker response to AMR 38 “Know your epidemic”: driving down HIV in London and beyond L Qu K Gedela 84 The one-way mirror of global health training 40 The need for a geopolitical shift in global health S Mehanni R Seifman and O Pannenborg 86 ‘Super Special Moms’: Grassroots, social media support group aids the response to congenital Zika syndrome K Lovero and C A Cardoso June 25, 2013– August 24, 2018 Contents (continued) 88 Cervical cancer deaths: a blind spot in global women’s health 135 Why efficiency savings shouldn’t be a last resort: lessons from C Fotheringham Uganda 90 What evidence is up against T Ngwaru J Bunting 137 Oxygen access in developing countries: a public health challenge 92 Melioidosis in south Asia: underground, underdiagnosed, and B Olayo dangerous 139 The Global Fund: where next? B Basnyat R Seifman 94 Can blockchain disrupt health education, licensing, and 141 In Yemen and other conflict zones, hospitals remain a target credentialling? C Monaghan A Peters 143 The epidemic of motorcycle road traffic injuries in the northeast of 97 Rehabilitation: a growing necessity in sub-Saharan Africa Brazil W Rule G Andreuccetti 99 Gender data: moving beyond sex-disaggregated analyses 145 Resisting resistance: how the G20 can foster political will to tackle A Raj antimicrobial resistance and turn the tide on tuberculosis 101 Surveillance for chronic kidney disease in agricultural communities M Imison and L Stennett in central America 147 2 years on: when democracy and tectonics collide P Ordunez and W Hoy D Maru and S R Mishra 103 Getting serious about financing the end of epidemics 149 Explaining Trumpcare: the appalling appeal C Collins C Simms 105 Critical reflections on meaningful youth contributions to global 151 Zika virus and the need for pharmaceutical preparedness health A Karan and T Pogge S W Sum Li 153 Safe global surgery needs effective non-technical skills 108 Evaluation in innovation—death threats and the importance of S Yi and Y Lin independence 155 To survive, health care needs small data to become adaptive R Marr D Maru and S Upreti 110 WHO has added snakebite to the NTD list: these things need to 157 Patient-centred R&D: where is the culture of inquiry and happen next innovation in LMICs? B Waldmann K R Pandey 112 Argentina must follow Germany’s lead on health at G20 159 World Malaria Day 2017—striving for malaria elimination is M Elder admirable but mind the (patient) gaps! 114 Do cash transfers help older people to access health services? B Rao F Galvani 161 The top five investments we should be making to tackle NTDs 116 Taking health in all policies seriously: health impact assessments, R Anderson and A Bettis WHO leadership, and international law 163 Refugee and migrant populations and the International Health E Friedman and G L Burci Regulations 118 Microbes as munitions: the neglected public health consequences R Seifman of war 165 Innovations in closing the global treatment gap for depression D Flecknoe C Lund 120 To the newly elected local leadership of Nepal: Invest in the 167 Students unite for open innovation and global access to expansion of emergency obstetric services, even where most tuberculosis drug sutezolid women deliver at home C Stone and M Basey S Maru 169 Accelerating progress to meet the goal of immunisation for all 122 Cyber threat, protection and resilience in humanitarian relief and K Mathieson response 171 Making the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations E Perakslis (CEPI) more effective 124 The World Bank in Kagame’s Rwanda R Seifman C Simms 173 Setting the stage for improving childhood cancer outcomes: 126 Most access-to-medicine initiatives are poorly evaluated; the Sickkids-Caribbean Initiative here’s one effort to change that S Gupta and T Gibson D J Olson 175 Gender and the future of global health 128 Deteriorating mental health in a Greek refugee camp A Liu and K Thompson L MacFarlane 177 Is a global shift developing to reduce penalties for violence against 130 What lies ahead: the role of entrepreneurship in India’s rising women? public health sector J Wagman, J Silverman, and A Raj C Maru 179 Dr Mustapha Kaloko’s Opening Statement at the International 133 Safer prescriptions for the elderly: challenges and solutions from Conference on Global Surgery 2017 India M Kaloko and K H Yangni-Angate N Kshirsagar June 25, 2013– August 24, 2018 Contents (continued) 181 Rebuilding health post-conflict: how and where should we start? 223 Women’s bodily integrity: linking criminalisation of abortion and S Saleh and M Menassa criminalisation of HIV 183 Cancer organisations must step up on tobacco tax to make S Fried progress on cancer prevention 225 Water, sanitation, and hygiene must be the first lines of defence S Cowal and O Santamaria de Fernández against antimicrobial resistance 185 Global surgery in Latin America Y Velleman N Alonso and V Moutinho 227 How we can hold leaders accountable for the health of women, 186 Global health and Mr Trump’s “new world order” children, and adolescents everywhere C Simms C Barroso 188 Expanding access to medicines and technologies by expanding the 229 Fiscal space analysis for health: friend or foe? dialogue A Gheorghe D C Kaslow and C Friderichs 231 We won’t achieve sustainable development goals for NCDs or 190 Treating undernutrition in Borno State, Nigeria: adapting strategy other targets without tobacco taxes in emergencies J L Castro K Hanson 234 Young midwife leaders speak: a declaration of commitment and global call for action 2016 Young Midwifery Leaders 236 Health and climate: the road of opportunity 192 The digital health revolution: what does it mean for emerging N Watts and H Montgomery markets? M Mrazek and X Mou 238 The Global Fund replenishment 2016: a chance to tip the balance S O’Mallie 194 Doctors worldwide speak up for healthier energy choices V Gordeljevic 240 Rethinking undergraduate global health education: the Bellagio Global Health Education Initiative 196 Tackling neglected tropical diseases through human