Last week a global health event took place in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, to foster greater political will and explore ways to accelerate results, innovation, sustainability, and equity in the […]
Month: December 2012
BMJ Christmas appeal—Tom Bashford: Into thin air
“Can I ask your advice doctor?” The recovery nurse who I had been teaching looked puzzled. “I have been asked by some of my colleagues on the wards how to […]
Tara Lamont: How numbers help—from weather to walk-in clinics
Last week I went off to flood-bound Exeter, for a stimulating two day conference led by Martin Pitt at Peninsula Medical School. It was designed to bring together clinicians, managers, […]
Richard Smith: Database of cases launched
Every 36 hours the NHS treats a million people. Across the world there are billions of interactions between patients and health systems every year. Each of those patients is a […]
Richard Hurley: A film that brings drug decriminalisation into the mainstream
This new film is narrated by Morgan Freeman. Video teasers feature the likes of Kate Winslet, Richard Branson, and Dizzee Rascal, declaring, “I’m breaking the taboo.” They’re calling for drugs […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 10 December 2012
NEJM 6 Dec 2012 Vol 367 This is the time of year when, as a GP who is still let loose on patients, I have to undergo my annual appraisal. […]
Simon Leese: Translating genomics—making science work for health
The PHG Foundation’s “Translating Genomics” conference, at Robinson College, Cambridge, on 4 December 2012, was billed as a celebration of 15 years of public health genomics in the UK and […]
Is abortion worldwide becoming more restrictive?
In her feature on bmj.com, Sophie Arie has tried to answer the question, “Is abortion worldwide becoming more restrictive?” The answer, as expected, depends on what you’re looking at, and […]
Sophie Cook: NAPCRG in “The Big Easy”
I returned from my first North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) meeting yesterday after a busy five days in New Orleans. As an NAPCRG novice, I was keen to […]
Julien Potet and Katy Athersuch: WHO brokered global research and development action plan shelved
Ten years backwards—this was the journey through time that representatives from governments around the world took last week when they gathered at the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss the […]