Blogs

Africa Must Rise at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), September 2025 Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. Every September, the world’s leaders descend on New...

Africa Must Rise at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), September 2025 Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. In September, the United Nations General Assembly will...

Political Will: The Unfortunate Missing Piece in the Health Policy Discourse Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. For researchers, funders, and global health practitioners, political will...

How many more African adolescents must die in silence before mental health is treated as a public health priority—not a peripheral concern—in our policies, budgets,...

Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) in Crisis? Let’s Rethink Opportunity, Impact, and Responsibility Together Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. In our recent commentary,...

From Assumption to Intention: Teaching the Skill of Thinking in Global Health Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. Why We Must Teach How To Think in...

Adolescent Pregnancy in Zambia: Dissecting Context to Drive Structural Change, Rights-Based Action, and Youth-Led Solutions By guest contributors Gift Malunga and Luchuo Engelbert Bain Adolescent...

Decolonizing Global Health Scholarship: Time to Get Serious About Its Deep Flaws Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD. Over the past few months, I’ve had the...

The Impact of Buzzwords on Global Public Health Practice and Scholarship …By Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD The unchecked proliferation of buzzwords in global health—terms...

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀: 𝗔 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺Luchuo Engelbert Bain, MD, PhD Public health, global...