LSE Health Talks
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
8. The race against antimicrobial resistance: Fighting a silent killer
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Antimicrobials are essential to modern medicine, not just for treating active bacterial infections but during routine procedures such as caesarean sec...
7. High-cost, high-need research: Comparing the patient journey in national health systems
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The way health care systems are funded, structured, and operationalised differs vastly across countries, which makes it challenging to understand how ...
6. How much is too much? Financing health systems in the 21st century
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Spending on healthcare has accelerated in countries across the world, yet there appears to be no obvious systematic pattern with the way health system...
5. Brain-drain in Africa: Personal stories and reflections with Nigerian doctors
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Africa has the severest form of health care workforce shortages in the world. Yet, once qualified, many health care professionals leave their home cou...
4. NHS under pressure: finding the right balance between public sector needs and private sector resilience
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than 5 million people are waiting for an elective surgery in the English National Health Service, and it will require innovative arrangements and...
3. Drug and Vaccine Development in Africa: unanswered ambitions or future reality?
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The current pandemic has created the urgent need to supply vaccines and therapeutics fast and at large scale – though many countries are unable to p...
2. Left to die? The impact of COVID-19 on the long-term care sector
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The long-term care sector has been off the radar from policymakers, politicians, and the public in many countries and for many years – until now. Ad...
1. Universal Basic Income: Pathway to a healthy society?
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Countries across the world have seen surges in popularity for new financial redistributive policies that aim to tackle inequalities in a completely ne...