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?" The collection was edited by University of Miami president Julio Frenk and Canadian scientist Steven J. Hoffman.
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.
The Health Impact Fund also featured the collection at their conference.
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."
Vox has republished several of the articles for free online as part of a series titled "One Change to Save the World."
Essays by notable figures
AuthorEssay TitleFazle Hasan AbedHarnessing Women's AgencyRecep AkdagLeadership for Health EquityMichelle BacheletGovernance and Leadership for HealthJoyce BandaPrioritizing Vulnerable PopulationsSeth BerkleyVaccines- Accelerating Access For AllEla BhattImproving Health By Addressing PovertyAgnes BinagwahoBiosocial Education For AllMichael BloombergCity Leadership on Climate ChangeAlbina du BoisrouvrayHealth Is Not AloneIrina BokovaEducation FirstLarry BrilliantPandemic's One-Two-Three PunchGro Harlem BruntdlandEquality is the FutureFelipe CalderonPrioritizing Health in PoliticsRay ChambersCommitting to Unbridled CollaborationMargaret ChanClimate's Big Health WarningHelen ClarkTackling Obesity and OverweightBill ClintonPreventing Premature DeathsPaul CollierHIV Treatment, A Moral DutyFrancis S. CollinsThe Power Of ScienceNigel CrispWhose Life Is It?Sally C. DaviesThe Drugs Don't WorkMark DybulVision 2020- and BeyondCarissa F. EtienneAchieving Social EquityPaul FarmerHealthcare Financing and Social JusticeRichard FeachemA Global CDC and FDAHarvey V. FinebergA Universal Flu VaccineJulio FrenkThe Power Of KnowledgeThomas FriedenBetter Information Will Save LivesLaurie GarrettCommunicable before Noncommunicable DiseasesMelinda GatesHuman-Centered DesignAmanda GlassmanA Data Revolution in HealthLawrence GostinImagining Global Health With JusticeTeguest GuermaPutting People FirstAngel GurriaThe Big Health Data FutureJane HaltonStanding Up To Big TobaccoMargaret HamburgSafe Food and Medical ProductsKatharine HayhoeClimate Change Is HereDavid L. HeymannA Convenient Defense- Defining AffordabilitySteven HoffmanA Science of Global StrategyArianna HuffingtonTime for RenewalJohn IoannidisReliable, Unbiased, Reproducible EvidenceElton JohnLove Is The CureAngelique KidjoSecondary Schooling for GirlsJim Yong KimGetting Health Delivery RightAnthony LakeEquity in Child SurvivalAlan LopezIgnorance about Causes of DeathAdetokunbo O. LucasFive Pillars of WisdomGraca MachelKeeping the Promise to ChildrenMichael MarmotFairness and Health EquityAnne MillsFrom Hegemony to PartnershipSania NishtarFusion Fund for HealthAnders NordstromHealth and Not Health CareNgozi Okonjo-IwealaDiet for a Healthy FutureSean PennWe're All In This TogetherNavanethem PillayNo Health without RightsPeter PiotNo Magic BulletThomas PoggeThe Health Impact FundMichael E. PorterValue-Based Health-Care DeliveryEsther DufloAcknowledging IgnoranceK. Srinath ReddyFrom Pulse to PlanetJudith RodinUniversal Health CoverageSimon RushtonWho Will Lead?Richard SeziberaThe Rwandan ConsensusRajiv ShahEnding Preventable Child DeathMichel SidibeGlobal Health CitizenshipWole SoyinkaHarmonizing HealthJonas Gahr StorePublic Health 2.0Larry SummersInvesting In A Grand ConvergenceKeizo TakemiHealth in a Multipolar World
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