Decades before the advent of complexity science, H L Mencken wrote that “For every complex problem there is a solution which is clear, simple, and wrong.” These solutions typically complicate […]
Global health
Ilona Kickbusch: Health diplomacy at the G20—success or failure?
Global health advocates need to look critically at themselves, get out of their health bubble, and start to mobilize for global health […]
Kawaldip Sehmi: Is it time to develop a new specialism—migrant and refugee medicine?
The idea came to me in September 2016 when the United Nations General Assembly held a high level summit to address the large movements of refugees and migrants. At the […]
Kathleen Thomas: Hospital bombardment—the new weapon of war?
It’s been 18 months since I witnessed the decimation of our fully functional hospital in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan by aerial bombardment. I still can’t find words to adequately describe the […]
Juliet Dobson: Delivering access to contraception worldwide
Current economic and political climates are posing a threat to women’s sexual and reproductive rights […]
Gro Harlem Brundtland: Political commitment is the key to Universal Health Coverage
Universal health coverage is not just desirable, but eminently achievable […]
Chris Simms: Canada at 150—the racialization of healthcare
Canadians tend to look south of the border to the US to help define who they are and who they are not, often citing differences between the two healthcare systems—a […]
Ann Starrs: A critical moment to increase investments in women’s family planning needs
Investments in sexual and reproductive health are critical for saving lives and reducing ill-health among women and their children […]
Mary Higgins: Maslow and maternity care—how to reconcile experiences that are poles apart?
One of my medical students has a fantastic story to explain why she wants to specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology. As a pre-clinical medical student, before she had ever stepped […]
Joe Freer: Those who have the power distort our perception and treatment of disease
Turn the corner into cable street, and a sharp breeze from the river catches you; Sometimes the scent of the sea, a gust of wind from far off places; distant […]