Broadening Our Knowledge of Respiratory Therapy and Respiratory Care
TweetWhile most of my life is currently spent working in global health and population health, I originally trained as a respiratory therapist and have continued to maintain a clinical practice...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Using Randomized Controlled Trials in International Development
TweetI recently came across a post on the Council for Foreign Relations’ Development Channel that asked: Are Randomized Controlled Trials a Good Way to Evaluate Development Projects? This is an...
View ArticleEliminating the Harms of Counterfeit and Substandard Medicines in Anesthesia
TweetPoor-quality medicines are found all over the world, and can be of poor quality for a variety of reasons: they might be made with poor-quality chemicals, they may contain toxic substances instead...
View ArticleWorld Pneumonia Day 2012
TweetToday is World Pneumonia Day. While #WPD2012 should lead us to be optimistic about the capabilities we have to prevent and treat pneumonia around the world, it also provides a solemn reminder that...
View ArticleWe Need to Break Out of the Bubble – My Response to the HCC Report “How do...
TweetThis article appears on the Health Council of Canada‘s blog Canada Values Health and can be viewed, along with several other commentaries on this report (here and here), on their site. Because of...
View ArticleWe have ignored supply chains for essential medicines and devices, and that’s...
I recently wrote of the need to understand the Ebola epidemic from the perspective of health systems. As the epidemic continues to spiral out of control throughout Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea,...
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