Mental Health in Africa: The Next Frontier for Public Health and Human Development
More than one billion people worldwide live with a mental health condition, making mental illness one of the leading contributors to disability and premature death (1). Africa, like all continents, carries a fair share of the global burden. Mental health conditions,...
Reframing Global Health: What the U.S. Strategy Shift Means for Africa
When the U.S. Department of State released its America First Global Health Strategy this September (1), the policy marked a decisive departure from decades tradition of American foreign aid. Gone is the era when technical assistance, sprawling non-governmental...
Big News in HIV Prevention: Lenacapavir Coming to Africa with U.S. Government Support
The U.S. government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has announced a groundbreaking commitment to expand access to lenacapavir for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This long-acting twice-yearly injectable for HIV prevention will be...
Lessons from DPharm for ACRN
This year’s DPHARM: Disruptive Innovations to Modernize Clinical Trials conference offered a front-row seat to how the clinical research industry is evolving. It was an invaluable opportunity to see not only the exciting innovations but also the challenges that...