By Catrin Morgan ‘There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women’ – Kofi Annan The leading cause of death worldwide for a young woman is HIV. (1) The literature shows that teenage girls and young women are twice as likely to be at risk of HIV infection than teenage boys […]
Month: August 2016
World Humanitarian Day 2016
Events are to be held all over the world today as we mark World Humanitarian Day. At BMJ Case Reports we look back at our Global Health case reports and thousands of clinical cases from across the globe that remind us of the place of Medicine in the alleviation of suffering, advocacy for human rights and rights to health […]
The 2015 Student Elective Competition: And the winners are…
By Hemali Bedi It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the 2015 BMJ Case Reports Student Elective Competition! Each entry has been carefully reviewed and judged by our expert Editorial Team. It was a difficult task to judge all of our excellent entries, and the Editorial Team thoroughly enjoyed reading each […]
Urban violence in Honduras: a global health challenge
By Hemali Bedi Honduras has had one of the highest rates of urban violence in the world since 2010. [1] With an average of one violent death per hour in 2013, rates of lethal violence exceed those in many war-affected countries. [2] As well as having humanitarian implications, the violence in Honduras also presents a […]