Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI. Please tell us a bit about your background and what brought you to CHAI. I am a dentist by profession, of Jordanian origins. I started my professional life working in...
Closing the gap. As we looked through our blog posts from the past 12 months in preparation for our usual end-of-year roundup, the term surfaced again and again. It is a favorite in the global health community. There, closing the gap often means reducing or...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, access to oxygen was already a challenge across much of the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The virus has only highlighted that gap. Hypoxemia, or low blood oxygen, contributes to over a million deaths each year,...
Our monthly check-in with staff from around the world. Learn more about the people who work at CHAI. Please tell us a bit about your background and what brought you to CHAI. I have an MSc in Economics. While studying, I was particularly interested in courses on health...
Why do people not seek care when they have symptoms suggestive of TB? Tuberculosis (TB) killed 1.4 million people in 2019. India accounts for more than a quarter of the 10 million people who get sick with TB around the world each year. While there have been...
As the world grapples with COVID-19, the pandemic is also highlighting and deepening pre-existing inequalities. This year the International Day of Persons with Disabilities reflects that with the theme “building back better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible...