Lesley Doyal
Blog Author
University of Bristol
Health and social care
Lesley Doyal is Emeritus Professor of Health and Social Care at the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She has published widely in the field of international health and health care, with a particular focus on political economy and gender. Her books The Political Economy of Health (1979) and What Makes Women Sick (1995) were both highly influential and received international recognition. Most recently, her research has focused on HIV and AIDS, looking at these issues from political economy, ethnographic, and intersectional perspectives.
Her book Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS: Inequality, Diversity and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic (2013) was acclaimed as the first attempt to offer a global and interdisciplinary approach to life with HIV. She has been a consultant for many organizations, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Department for the Advancement of Women, the Global Forum for Health Research and the British Council.
Contribution to the CAS Blog
“Making Sense of Pandemics in a Global Health Crisis” 30 March 2021