After two deaths, it’s right to be concerned and to discuss investment in public health. But our system is good and it’s working, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of ...

Public health officials are responding to a meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent in southeast England, where two people have died and at least a dozen more have confirmed infections. The ...

There could be 227 million obese children worldwide by 2040. But as South Korea and Denmark have shown, it is possible to tackle this crisis, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Un ...

Recent meningitis cases and two deaths in the UK have renewed concern. Writing in The Guardian, Prof Devi Sridhar says the rise is linked to the MenB strain, post-pandemic social mixing and ...

Chair of Global Public Health in Edinburgh offers health advice following meningitis outbreak. Two people have died, and several others have been hospitalised, following an outbreak of a rare form of ...

‘We’re all in it together’: Global health expert Prof Devi Sridhar says the UK has much to learn from the rest of the world - Stuart Nicol ...

According to Devi Sridhar, we have our health priorities all wrong. In fact, we’ve been sold a giant myth. We are unhealthily obsessed with what we can do personally – diet, exercise and the rest – ...

Born 1984, Devi Lalita Sridhar is a Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. Her research considers the effectiveness of public health interventions and how to ...