Here are links to major Lancet initiatives in global health over the past two years, and information about key organisations in global health

Recent Lancet campaigns:

Adolescent Health: an opportunity not to be missed

Today’s generation of adolescents is the largest in history—nearly half of the world’s population is less than 25 years old—and they face far more complex challenges to their health and development than their parents did. Many young people today are living with HIV/AIDS or depression—the leading causes of disease burden for adolescents worldwide. And hazardous alcohol use now accounts for 86% of the 8·6 million substance related deaths of 15-29-year-olds globally.

Find out more here (http://www.thelancet.com/online/focus/adolescent_health)

Newborn, child, and maternal survival

The Lancet is committed to improving newborn, child, and maternal survival. Exclusive online material, coverage of meetings and special issues/series relating to child survival, and a complete article collection dating back to 2003 is available here (http://www.thelancet.com/online/focus/child).

Indigenous Health

Indigenous peoples are a potent example of our human diversity of culture, language, and spirit. They have been the guardians of our global environment and its medicines for millennia—built on a holistic communal view of humanity and its links to the ecosystem. Yet now, in the new millennium, indigenous peoples are among those most marginalised within many nation states; they have the worst health indicators, and indigenous people’s knowledge is fast disappearing as their land is appropriated and their environment destroyed. To highlight this issue, The Lancet published a series of Reviews and Articles, a Viewpoint, and additional online material on this important topic.
See: http://www.thelancet.com/online/focus/indigenous_health