Tag: global health

  • Coming Face to Face With Bias in Global Health Imagery

    Esmita Charani Societal biases appear just about everywhere, and once you notice them, it is impossible to ignore how they affect our decisions and they way we build our societies. You also realize how normalized they can be. Artificial intelligence trainers are thinking more about bias in data sets. Data scientists are thinking more about…

  • Commercial Determinants of Health: A Conversation With Anna Gilmore

    Anna Gilmore A couple of episodes back, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rob Moodie, who led a project to examine commercial determinants of health in more detail. The result was a three-paper series published in The Lancet. The project produced a model that illustrates the intricate interrelationships among the various commercial actors, their drivers,…

  • Commercial Determinants: Powerful Influence on Society and Health

    Rob Moodie sees a big issue and solutions that require us to re-examine our values not just as individuals but as organizations with commercial interests. Commerical Determinants of Health (CDoH) have a powerful influence on society and health. First, some background. Within the world of healthcare, the concept of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) has…