Developing interventions that work to, say, reduce malaria, combat obesity, or prevent cardiovascular disease is hard, but scaling them up to benefit whole populations is harder. Yet the interventions must […]
Month: May 2010
Joe Collier: Denying people assistance in dying is simply cruel
Whatever else, arguments for and against assisted dying must include the notion of cruelty. In my view there can be little more cruel than to decline the request for help […]
David Pencheon: I spy the future now- IT, integration, innovation, and incentives
Just before each general election, I am always intrigued to see how the Economist will cast their vote. Although I don’t always agree with their decisions on this or any […]
David Pencheon: When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race
When I see and hear young people not only speaking, but taking action on the big issues of our time I have hope for the future. When I see doctors […]
Richard Smith on Matlab, Bangladesh
The cholera hospital in Matlab, Bangladesh, has patients in the corridors and every nook and cranny, but as we walk through the mood is calm. Most beds have two people, […]
Kiran James Jobanputra: A world without MSF
It’s hard to contemplate Bunia without MSF. Bon Marché (the MSF hospital) is truly an institution – everyone I meet has either worked there or been a patient there – […]