Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Max Klein

mk@bukopharma.de

is a political scientist and conducts educational work for the German civil-society organisation BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, including on the topic of neglected tropical diseases.
Photo: A. Boueke

All articles of Max Klein

Neglected tropical diseases

The exception of dengue

While the fight against many neglected tropical diseases continues to receive too little support, the situation with dengue has changed. One major reason for this is that the disease is now increasingly recognised as a problem in richer countries too.

Neglected tropical diseases

Overshadowed by the “Big Three”

When it comes to major infectious diseases in the global south, most people inevitably think of the “Big Three”: HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. However, “neglected tropical diseases” (NTDs) also deserve attention.

Cancer

Unaffordable treatment

For people in developing countries, most cancer drugs are unaffordable

Patents

Intellectual property versus health care

Insistence on medical patents costs lives, especially in the global south

Diabetes

Causes and complications

Why people develop diabetes and what complications they face

Chronic disease

Silent epidemic

Diabetes is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide and has an enormous impact on the Global South

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