How many of us can expect a year after we die to have some 500 people attend a meeting to celebrate our life, discuss our work, and think about the […]
Month: December 2012
Krishna Chinthapalli on the questions around gun control in the US
It is the 13th leading cause of death, between liver cirrhosis and renal failure. There are more and more frequent outbreaks—a record seven in 2012 with over 140 deaths. The […]
Suchita Shah: Why we should be up in arms about gun control
“No single law—no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world, or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. But that can’t be an […]
Geoffrey Roberts on using Lifebox pulse oximeters in Zambia
My wife and I arrived in Zambia in August 2012 for a six month placement as surgical registrars in a busy rural hospital in the Eastern Province. This was my […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—27 December 2012
JAMA 19 Dec 2012 Vol 308 2469 Most healthy people don’t take aspirin, so if you look at a long-term study of aspirin in relation to some clinical event, such […]
Jacob Puliyel on the pentavalent study in Kerala
The 14 December 2012 marked the end of a year long pentavalent vaccine study in Kerala, India. Kerala is a small state in the south with some of the best […]
James Raftery: QALYs and value based pricing
This blog reports on a workshop held by the Department of Health on 28 November 2012 under Chatham House rules, that is the discussion can be reported but not attributed. […]
Anita Jain: Delhi rape—how doctors can help heal a survivor
As a brutal rape attack in Delhi has outraged masses and spurred the demand for urgent action, my thoughts turn to to the thousands of cases every year that suffer […]
Andrew Moscrop: Primary healthcare in Nepal
I am willing it not to snow anymore. It has snowed for the past two days as I walked to the settlement of Simikot. There is an airstrip here, but […]
Jacob Puliyel: Advertising standards and vaccine promotion in India
Until last week few people in India had heard of the existence of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Suddenly in the newspapers on the 15 December 2012 the […]