HLM4: was it worth it? - it's up to us
So much time, energy and hope has been poured into preparation for the High-level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health at the United Nations...
Oct 2
A quick guide to HLM4
The fourth UN High-level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health has at last taken place: 25 September 2025 was the culmination of months and...
Sep 26
The importance of a strong NCD Political Declaration
It has been seven years since the last UN High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases, and it is looking likely to be another six...
Jul 25
NCDs: what’s changed in 20 years?
This is the second in my series of three blogs to mark my 20 years of working in NCD prevention. In those two decades, about a third of a...
Jun 13
20 years in NCD prevention
To my astonishment, it seems that today – 26 May 2025 – marks exactly 20 years since I had my very first meeting about the possibility of...
May 26
2021 as Benjamin Button
On the Fourth Day of Christmas, I came to a decision: I could no longer put off sorting through my vast, ever-accruing backlog of ‘news’...
Dec 31, 2021
‘The challenge is great, but so is the reward’: UN High-level Meeting on UHC
A week is a long, long time in world affairs at the moment – climate strikes, the UK Parliament has been un-prorogued, impeachment...
Sep 30, 2019
Cycling Spain...
This June, I'm taking on another cycling challenge... my toughest yet. It's a 1,000km Camino (pilgrim route) from Seville in southern...
May 31, 2019
Digital marketing, humanitarian crises, obesity… My year in freelancing
My New Year’s Resolution is to do more writing for myself, rather than just for other people – you may have noticed that I failed...
Jan 3, 2019
Cycling the Camino...
From 25 August to 6 September, I cycled the 'Northern Camino' - a 400-mile bike ride along the north coast of Spain from Bilbao to...
Sep 14, 2018
