Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet?

New studies measure how many people cannot afford a healthy diet, establishing a useful benchmark for understanding global food systems and poverty...

The challenges of universal health insurance in Indonesia

A large-scale randomised experiment reveals that temporary health insurance subsidies can improve take-up at no additional cost to the government...

Regime stability and the persistence of traditional practices

Regime stability can affect the persistence or removal of harmful practices among different traditions, including FGM and child marriage ...

The long-term consequences of medical missions in colonial India

Medical missions in colonial India continue to have a lasting impact on the health outcomes of individuals born long after Indian independence...

The unexpected effects of financial incentives on healthcare providers

Whilst financial incentives to healthcare providers might seem a sensible solution to improving service provision, evidence from DRC shows otherwise ...

What caused the HIV/AIDS decline in Africa? Anti-retroviral therapy or better information?

Has anti-retroviral therapy policy or information access that induces sexual behavioural change been responsible for Malawi’s success in fighting HIV?...