To Save Humanity
To Save Humanity is a 2015 anthology of 96 essays on global health by authors who range from heads of states, movie stars, scientists at leading universities, activists, and Nobel Prize winners. Each contributor was asked the same question: "What is the single most important thing for the future of global health over the next fifty years?"[1] The collection was edited by University of Miami president Julio Frenk and Canadian scientist Steven J. Hoffman.[2]
 Front cover of To Save Humanity. | |
| Editor | Julio Frenk, Steven J. Hoffman |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction Essays |
| Published | 2015 (Oxford University Press) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-022154-6 |
Reception
The Global Strategy Lab called the collection "unparalleled" and "a primer on the major issues of our time and a blueprint for post-2015 health and development," and featured it in their annual conference.[3]
The Health Impact Fund also featured the collection at their conference.[4]
The Lancet described the book as "testimony to the complexity of global health politics," and called it "a reminder that the breadth of individual and institutional engagement with global health cannot be fully captured by one set of global goals."[5]
Vox has republished several of the articles for free online as part of a series titled "One Change to Save the World."[6]
Essays by notable figures[2]
| Author | Essay Title |
|---|---|
| Fazle Hasan Abed | Harnessing Women's Agency |
| Recep Akdag | Leadership for Health Equity |
| Michelle Bachelet | Governance and Leadership for Health |
| Joyce Banda | Prioritizing Vulnerable Populations |
| Seth Berkley | Vaccines- Accelerating Access For All |
| Ela Bhatt | Improving Health By Addressing Poverty |
| Agnes Binagwaho | Biosocial Education For All |
| Michael Bloomberg | City Leadership on Climate Change |
| Albina du Boisrouvray | Health Is Not Alone |
| Irina Bokova | Education First |
| Larry Brilliant | Pandemic's One-Two-Three Punch |
| Gro Harlem Bruntdland | Equality is the Future |
| Felipe Calderon | Prioritizing Health in Politics |
| Ray Chambers | Committing to Unbridled Collaboration |
| Margaret Chan | Climate's Big Health Warning |
| Helen Clark | Tackling Obesity and Overweight |
| Bill Clinton | Preventing Premature Deaths |
| Paul Collier | HIV Treatment, A Moral Duty |
| Francis S. Collins | The Power Of Science |
| Nigel Crisp | Whose Life Is It? |
| Sally C. Davies | The Drugs Don't Work |
| Mark Dybul | Vision 2020- and Beyond |
| Carissa F. Etienne | Achieving Social Equity |
| Paul Farmer | Healthcare Financing and Social Justice |
| Richard Feachem | A Global CDC and FDA |
| Harvey V. Fineberg | A Universal Flu Vaccine |
| Julio Frenk | The Power Of Knowledge |
| Thomas Frieden | Better Information Will Save Lives |
| Laurie Garrett | Communicable before Noncommunicable Diseases |
| Melinda Gates | Human-Centered Design |
| Amanda Glassman | A Data Revolution in Health |
| Lawrence Gostin | Imagining Global Health With Justice |
| Teguest Guerma | Putting People First |
| Angel Gurria | The Big Health Data Future |
| Jane Halton | Standing Up To Big Tobacco |
| Margaret Hamburg | Safe Food and Medical Products |
| Katharine Hayhoe | Climate Change Is Here |
| David L. Heymann | A Convenient Defense- Defining Affordability |
| Steven Hoffman | A Science of Global Strategy |
| Arianna Huffington | Time for Renewal |
| John Ioannidis | Reliable, Unbiased, Reproducible Evidence |
| Elton John | Love Is The Cure |
| Angelique Kidjo | Secondary Schooling for Girls |
| Jim Yong Kim | Getting Health Delivery Right |
| Anthony Lake | Equity in Child Survival |
| Alan Lopez | Ignorance about Causes of Death |
| Adetokunbo O. Lucas | Five Pillars of Wisdom |
| Graca Machel | Keeping the Promise to Children |
| Michael Marmot | Fairness and Health Equity |
| Anne Mills | From Hegemony to Partnership |
| Sania Nishtar | Fusion Fund for Health |
| Anders Nordstrom | Health and Not Health Care |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Diet for a Healthy Future |
| Sean Penn | We're All In This Together |
| Navanethem Pillay | No Health without Rights |
| Peter Piot | No Magic Bullet |
| Thomas Pogge | The Health Impact Fund |
| Michael E. Porter | Value-Based Health-Care Delivery |
| Esther Duflo | Acknowledging Ignorance |
| K. Srinath Reddy | From Pulse to Planet |
| Judith Rodin | Universal Health Coverage |
| Simon Rushton | Who Will Lead? |
| Richard Sezibera | The Rwandan Consensus |
| Rajiv Shah | Ending Preventable Child Death |
| Michel Sidibe | Global Health Citizenship |
| Wole Soyinka | Harmonizing Health |
| Jonas Gahr Store | Public Health 2.0 |
| Larry Summers | Investing In A Grand Convergence |
| Keizo Takemi | Health in a Multipolar World |
References
- "To Save Humanity Book Launch Julio Frenk". Vimeo. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- To Save Humanity. Oxford University Press. 29 May 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-022154-6.
- "Global Health / Global Justice 2015 Conference". globalstrategylab.org. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- "Masha Cemma on Twitter". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- Smith, James (21 May 2016). "Voices in global health: present realities, future challenges". The Lancet. 387 (10033): e27. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30529-3. S2CID 54342934. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- "One change to save the world". www.vox.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.