Jake Marcus, a student I’ve been working with since I came to IHME, has an essay in The New Republic! It’s about political movements and fighting disease, and it’s his answer to the question Why isn’t there a global movement to combat noncommunicable diseases? The answer: it’s complicated.
Jake says credit for his article should also go to another of our coworkers, Steve Lim, who helped him understand some of the complications.
Healthy Algorithms 