To Save Humanity

{{Short description|2015 essay anthology edited by Julio Frenk and Steven J. Hoffman}}

{{Infobox book

| name = To Save Humanity

| editor = Julio Frenk, Steven J. Hoffman

| image = File:Tosavehumanityjuliofrenk.jpeg

| caption = Front cover of To Save Humanity

| language = English

| country = United States

| genre = Non-fiction Essays

| published = 2015 (Oxford University Press)

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| isbn = 978-0-19-022154-6

}}

To Save Humanity is a 2015 anthology of 96 essays on global health by authors who range from heads of states, movie stars, scientists at leading universities, activists, and Nobel Prize winners. Each contributor was asked the same question: "What is the single most important thing for the future of global health over the next fifty years?"{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/137492688|title=To Save Humanity Book Launch Julio Frenk|website=Vimeo|date=27 August 2015 |access-date=2016-07-17}} The collection was edited by University of Miami president Julio Frenk and Canadian scientist Steven J. Hoffman.{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/to-save-humanity-9780190221546?cc=us&lang=en&|title=To Save Humanity|date=29 May 2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-022154-6 }}

Reception

The Global Strategy Lab called the collection "unparalleled" and "a primer on the major issues of our time and a blueprint for post-2015 health and development," and featured it in their annual conference.{{Cite web|url=http://globalstrategylab.org/conference|title=Global Health / Global Justice 2015 Conference|website=globalstrategylab.org|access-date=2016-07-18}}

The Health Impact Fund also featured the collection at their conference.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CemmaM/status/596740585651884032|title=Masha Cemma on Twitter|access-date=2016-07-18}}

The Lancet described the book as "testimony to the complexity of global health politics," and called it "a reminder that the breadth of individual and institutional engagement with global health cannot be fully captured by one set of global goals."{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=James|date=21 May 2016|title=Voices in global health: present realities, future challenges|url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30529-3/abstract|journal=The Lancet|volume=387|issue=10033|pages=e27|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30529-3|s2cid=54342934 |access-date=2016-07-17}}

Vox has republished several of the articles for free online as part of a series titled "One Change to Save the World."{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/one-change-to-save-the-world|title=One change to save the world|website=www.vox.com|access-date=2016-07-18}}

To Save Humanity

Reception

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