It’s wrong that surgery is up to a thousands times more dangerous in low resource settings. It’s wrong that 70,000 operating rooms worldwide don’t have access to a pulse oximeter. […]
Global health
Marriage is not a solution to problems and doesn’t guarantee a happier life, but staying in school can
Usually when you hear about child marriage, you hear stories of young girls being pressured by their families to marry early for a bride price, or they marry to escape […]
Priyanka Shah: Antimicrobial Resistance—a ticking time bomb
It is estimated that by 2050 infections that have become drug resistant will result in a global loss of 10 million lives annually. This chilling revelation was the crux of […]
Madhukar Pai and Barry R Bloom: TB elimination—India can lead the way
As the Prime Minister of India speaks to the US Congress today, a neglected epidemic threatens India’s progress. It’s not Ebola or Zika, but rather tuberculosis—an ancient disease that silently […]
Ashish K Jha and Liana Woskie: Funding, trust, and the 69th World Health Assembly
By traditional measures, the recent World Health Assembly (WHA) was a success. The assembly, which governs the World Health Organization (WHO), passed resolutions on important topics such as reducing traffic accidents; […]
Recognising vulnerabilities and building resilience: A UK conference on migrant health
“My problem is your problem.” These were the words of a mother of four who has been waiting for a decision on her asylum claim for 17 years, and who […]
Shelby Quast: Is cosmetic labiaplasty in adolescents just FGM under a different name?
Labiaplasty in girls younger than 18 has become increasingly popular in the US in recent years. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of girls aged 18 and […]
Linda Bauld: The road to standardised tobacco packaging in the UK
Every year in the United Kingdom around 200 000 children start smoking. Half of those who try a cigarette will become regular smokers, putting themselves at risk of tobacco related […]
Jamie and Sue Mumford: Palliative care in Ethiopia
We have recently returned from our fourth visit to Addis Ababa. With less than 1% of the estimated 150,000 new cancer cases annually in Ethiopia receiving specialist oncological treatment [1], […]
Paul Hunter: Zika virus would be able to spread in Europe
Zika virus is not new. Last year, when I was asked if I knew of an expert on the disease in the UK, I searched for papers written by an author […]