The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were scheduled to be taking place now. We should have seen the grand opening ceremony last month and athletes from around the world competing to be […]
Year: 2020
Covid-19: Patient voices and perspectives in Uganda
Uganda is no stranger to dealing with infectious and emerging diseases, with recent experiences of Ebola and HIV. This has contributed to Uganda’s ability to slow down the rate of […]
Who owns patient data? The answer is not that simple
Electronic medical records are increasingly being augmented by a tsunami of digitally generated health data collected by individuals via social media, apps, and wearable monitors. Non-clinical factors such as diet, […]
James Partridge: Facial disfigurement and the new norms of a post-covid-19 society
People with distinctive faces are understandably anxious about what life will be like now that the covid-19 lockdown has lifted. Covid-19 has already posed many challenges. There is some evidence […]
Lockdown measures reduced the risk of covid-19, but had unintended consequences for children
The coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) pandemic is undoubtedly the biggest public health crisis since the second world war, and its consequences will be felt for many years to come. The […]
Covid-19: How drawing helped us to deal with the pandemic
As we welcomed in the New Year most of us had never heard of covid-19, let alone had any idea that our lives were going to be turned upside down […]
Amitava Banerjee: The double burden of the covid-19 pandemic
Coronavirus is affecting individuals, populations and health systems far beyond infection Since the emergence of the covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, it has been noted that, like seasonal flu, older people […]
Ranit Mishori: The United States needs a formal inquiry into our public health catastrophe
When this first covid-19 wave is over, the United States will need a formal inquiry. US based doctors like me regularly receive questions from colleagues across the world who are […]
The rush to create a covid-19 vaccine may do more harm than good
The global race for covid-19 vaccines seems well underway to break all speed records. But this focus on rapid vaccine development, fuelled by unprecedented political, financial, and populist pressures, risks […]
Covid-19 and the false dichotomy between centralised and decentralised healthcare systems
If only we were more like Germany has been a recurring refrain in England during the covid-19 pandemic. Axel Heitmueller and Lars Roemheld consider the role of German decentralisation in […]