This video explains the concept of the SED curve, also known as an epidemic curve, and why it is important to flatten it. The video also mentions the impact of COVID-19 on Singapore's economy and the cautious approach being taken in...

In the age of COVID-19 teaching needs to be increasingly done online using video teaching content. Whether its for an MPH class teaching public health, or its a university lecture using a blended teaching methodology, there are some...

Is the HIV / AIDS epidemic exceptional? Should the global health response be differentiated from mainstream health interventions? Dr Greg Martin interview Prof Alan Whiteside who talks about a paper that he published in Globalization and...

In this video, the host designs an experiment to test how far sneeze droplets travel and how safe the various designated safe distances really are. Hint: not as safe as you might expect!<br/>
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In this video, Dr Greg Martin talks about the idea of justice and how it applies to global health. This video is part of a series of videos that look at ethics and public health.

Greg Martin takes a look at the factors that could lead to the Ebola Virus Epidemic spreading out of Africa and into other parts of the world like the USA and Europe. Dr Martin highlights the fact that front line medical workers might be...

Live from Geneva, Switzerland at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA) the TWiGH Team discusses the pressing Global Health Agenda. Joining the panel are students from the University of South California (USC)...

In this video, Dr Greg Martin does a screen recording of himself writing a concept note for funding of a research projects. The video focusses on the "activities" (done on a gantt chart) and budget. If you're wanting to send a concept...

The stigma surrounding sex education and family planning in the Philippines is such that 65% of women do not use contraceptives. Five years ago, Congress passed a reproductive health law guaranteeing universal access to family planning,...

On this episode, we discuss the changing role of the World Health Organization and it's goals, priorities, governance- as well as the outcomes we hope to see as the needs of the global health community evolve and grow!

In this video, Dr Greg Martin show you how to find global health data at the World Health Organization's webpage and how to use a pivot table in Excel to make sense of it.

Statistics doesn't need to be difficult. Using the t-test, ANOVA or Chi Squared test as part of your statistical analysis is straight forward. You do need to understanding the underlying principles of hypothesis testing and p-values of...

This video is about the burden of cancer in both developed and developing countries and what needs to be done to prevent cancer

In this short video, Dr Greg Martin discusses Case Control and Cohort studies. He compares the strengths of each study design and describes when each of them would be a preferred research method.

Health promotion is an arm of Public Health that is all about helping people make choices that translate into better health. The Ottawa Charter provides overall strategies that can be used to address the economic and environmental...

Outbreak investigation and control are an important part of public health and global health work. Epidemic and outbreaks of infectious disease require a robust response that includes investigating the epidemiology, laboratory (or...

R0 (the basic reproductive number) tells us more than just how many people will be infected in a totally susceptible population. It can be used to calculate the how much vaccine coverage is needed to get to herd immunity. As COVID-19...

Epidemic curves are an important component of the public health and global health toolbox. During an outbreak of an infectious disease, public health professionals and epidemiologists create visual representations of the onset of illness...

In this video, Dr Greg Martin takes a look at the question, "what is public heath?" and also considers what it is that public health professionals do including research and surveillance and actions to prevent disease and improve access...

Dr Greg Martin talks about the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tools used in global health programs. This forms part of the epidemiology series.

Epidemic curves are a visual representation of the onset of cases in an outbreak. In this video Dr Greg Martin explains how to interpret and epidemic curve for point source outbreaks, common source outbreaks and propagated outbreaks....

In this video, Dr Greg Martin describes how randomized control trials work and how they deal with confounding variables. This is episode three in a series of videos looking at epidemiology, research methods and study design in the...

This episode serves as a quick snapshot of the concept of Food Security. Lack of food security or food insecurity has a cascading impact on health also huge economic costs associated with it. The panel discussed some of the challenges...

Public Health professionals and epidemiologists often do risk calculations. These might include risk ratios, absolute risk, relative risk and risk differences. In this video, Dr Greg Martin teaches how to understand and calculate risk....