Sarah Woznick is a specialist intensive care nurse working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/ Doctors Without Borders). She arrived in Gaza six months ago from Denver, Colorado. She was due […]
Global health
Ike Anya: What can mobile phone polling tell us about population health?
One Friday afternoon in May, I sat in my local library in London, surrounded by young men and women, who looked mostly like students studying for examinations. As they buried […]
Gitau Mburu: Why communities should care about WHO’s antiretroviral guidelines
A year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued revised and consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. These guidelines included a key […]
Jane Parry: What radiation risk? I’m going to Japan for the clean air
Chatting to fellow parents about summer holiday plans at a recent school event, I was asked by a mother whether I was worried about radiation levels in Japan. Both her […]
Jane Feinmann: Advancing forensic evidence one smartphone at a time
Last month we saw the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones take place in London. Co-chaired by foreign secretary William Hague and actress Angelina Jolie, the summit […]
Sarah Kotis: Putting the World Cup into context
The World Cup brings together millions of people who sometimes have nothing in common beyond a love of football. That’s not just an opportunity to sing with strangers at the pub—it’s […]
Robin Kincaid: Surgical skills in Palestine—handing over the baton
In April this year, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) team travelled to East Jerusalem to oversee the teaching of the Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course, which has been […]
Leigh Daynes: Healthcare access in the West—fact, not fiction
What do America, France, the UK, and most of the richest countries in the world all have that they should not have? The answer I’m looking for is not nuclear […]
Julian Sheather: Torture, medicine, and the need for an independent eye
In August 2012, Claudia was woken at 3:00 in the morning when soldiers burst into her home in Veracruz City, Mexico. They tied her hands and blindfolded her. They took […]
Tiago Villanueva: The global burden of physical inactivity on health
The World Cup is now here, but for many of us that just means we will be watching the matches from our couch at home, or, if you’re one of the […]