Lancet Series 2015: Faith-Based Health-Care

This Lancet Series reviews the rise of obesity in China, wherein more than half the adult population are now living with overweight or obesity. While the prevalence of obesity has been well-documented in high-income countries, the growing trends in low- and middle-income countries have been less publicized. Moreover, given that much of the current literature on first-line treatment of overweight and obesity are based on clinical trials with poor racial and ethnic diversity, questions remain…

This report is the flagship malaria publication from the World Health Organization (WHO), updated annually to summarize the information received from malaria-endemic countries and national malaria control programs. It assesses global and regional malaria trends, highlights progress toward achieving global targets, and discusses opportunities and challenges in controlling and eliminating the disease.  The 2023 edition of the report finds that in 2022, the global number of malaria cases reached 249 million – a significant increase…

This case describes the successful partnership between the Chilean government and its flour industry to fortify wheat flour with folic acid in 2002. This effort has saved Chile millions in treatment costs due to prevention of life threatening neural tube defects in infants due to a lack of adequate folic acid intake by their mothers during pregnancy. This case study is part of Millions Saved, a collection of case studies produced by the Center for…