Global Health & Development
Global health and development is all about improving the wellbeing of people across the world through treating and preventing disease, helping people out of poverty, and saving lives. Although there’s suffering and ill-health in every country, there’s a huge amount of inequality in how poverty and disease are concentrated across the world – and they tend to be the most severe in low- and middle-income countries.
If you’re reading this from a high-income country, for example, you’re likely among the top 5% wealthiest people in the world – even if you don’t feel wealthy compared to the people around you. In fact, many readers will have an income 10 times greater than the average (or if we’re being technical, median) person on the planet.â??