Richard Horton Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
Our biggest challenge is planetary health

In Jakarta recently to speak at the annual Panglaykim Lecture Series organized by the Centre for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), Dr. Richard Horton said health must be seen from a holistic perspective: one issue interconnected to another. If we fail to see health problems from that perspective, any preventive or curative measures would fail to achieve the maximum effect.

Horton is honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the University College in London, a council member of both the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the University of Birmingham and he is currently co-chair of the WHO Independent Expert Review Group on Accountability for Women's and Children's Health. He took time to speak to share his views with Yuli Ismartono.