Features

Deccan Herald: Ending tuberculosis (TB) in India is a real possibility, but it will require a combined effort between national and state governments, and communities.

The Guardian : London Mayor Sadiq Khan targets goods high in salt, fat and sugar to address the ‘timebomb’ of child obesity.

Financial Times: Tom Frieden, discusses his plans for saving 100 million lives by fighting cardiovascular disease in developing countries and strengthening defenses against pandemics.

Devex: Kathmandu Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya has an ambition: To achieve an 85 percent compliance rate with smoking bans at work and in public spaces within the year, and eventually, make the city smoke free.

Global Health Now: In the absence of reliable data, countries have had to make assumptions and use statistical models to estimate how many people are born and die and what they’re dying of.

UN Global Dispatch: Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, discusses his goal of saving 100 million lives by focusing on two health issues: cardiovascular disease and global defenses against pandemics.