Tuberculosis 2014
Published: March 24, 2014
Tuberculosis was declared a global emergency in 1993 by the WHO. 21 years after this declaration, the disease remains a serious and considerable threat to global health. For World TB Day 2014, The Lancet group joins the call for a global effort to find, treat, and cure all people with tuberculosis.
High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution
The Lancet Global Health
Published: September 5, 2018
Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing health needs, growing public expectations, and ambitious new health goals are raising the bar for health systems to produce better health outcomes and greater social value. But staying on current trajectory will not suffice to meet these demands. What is needed are high-quality health systems that optimise health care in each given context by consistently delivering care that improves or maintains health, by being valued and trusted by all people, and by responding to changing population needs.