Esther Lau

Nov 17, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Esther Lau |Nicole Rayner |Jean Spinks |Megan DelDot

1 Introduction Medication safety is a global health priority. In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its third global patient safety challenge, aiming to reduce severe, avoidable medication harm by 50% within the next 5 years [1]. A medication-related problem (MRP) is defined as an event or circumstance involving drug therapy that actually or potentially interferes with the patient experiencing an optimum outcome of medical treatment [2].

Apr 23, 2024 | thelancet.com | Esther Lau |Eglė Janušonytė |Chiamaka Nwachukwu

In 2021, we made a commitment to expand our youth engagement at The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and launched our inaugural Youth Advisory Panel, with eight youth advisors aged 16–24 years from diverse backgrounds globally. The Youth Advisory Panel sits alongside our International Advisory Board and has been influential in the journal's work in the past 3 years.

Jul 5, 2023 | thelancet.com | Helena Wang |Esther Lau |Richard Horton

The 2023 Wakley–Wu Lien Teh Prize Essay: the five spotlights in The Lancet's bicentenary year - The Lancet

May 17, 2023 | thelancet.com | Esther Lau |Sabine Kleinert |Philippa Harris |Jie Cai

As we mark the 200th anniversary of The Lancet in 2023, we are using this opportunity to draw attention to health issues that we see as critical priorities (“Spotlights”) for the present century. One of the five Spotlights is on child and adolescent health, which has the following key asks.

Apr 6, 2023 | marinij.com | Esther Lau |Fiona Lu

We often think of political leaders as old, rich, White men. But that stereotype is changing. As two young women of color from low-income California families, we’re already writing legislation that scores victories for our communities. A largely youth-led movement is now reshaping California politics. We know we can do it thanks to the trailblazing California women who came before us, yet women still hold only 42% of seats in the Legislature.