This is a tough time for public health internationally. The global financial crisis has had a deleterious effect on the social determinants of health as some governments have pursued austerity […]
Guest writers
Frank Boulton on the role of medics in preventing torture
“Brits don’t torture….and if they did medics would find out.” This naïve view is widely shared by members of the public and medical professionals alike. The role of some medics […]
Frederick Stourton: No miracle diet for athletes
In a quiet house in Soho, where Charles Dickens reputedly wrote “A Tale of Two Cities,” C3 Collaborating for Health hosted a breakfast meeting last week on the importance of […]
Desmond O’Neill: The ethics of advocacy
The infant’s eyes are huge, the profile of its tiny cheek bisected by a naso-gastric tube and its ugly adhesive patch. Peering from the corner of the billboard, the image […]
Justine Bharamato: Sudden cardiac death in athletes
Fabrice Muamba was discharged from hospital yesterday, after he collapsed during a football match due to a cardiac arrest on 17 March. His collapse reminds us of the sensational nature […]
Vinice Thomas: The push for improvement in maternity care
Substandard care within maternity services remains a high profile issue. It seems that every month there is news coverage about failing hospitals, avoidable maternal deaths, and below optimum care provided […]
Vasiliy Vlassov: Tolerance
It took time to think about what happened which is why I am writing about this event a while after it occurred. The shock was hard, and I felt I […]
Veena S Rao: India’s 2012 budget-a paradigm shift in addressing India’s undernutrition
The Indian finance minister’s 2012 budget speech marks a significant moment for the much awaited, much required, paradigm shift in the government’s approach to reduce undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency, the […]
Rhys Davies: In defence of medical humanities
“Oh, you do medical humanities,” they say, before making excuses to change the subject or sidle away from me. Of course, that’s if they’re being polite. My friends just make […]
Anya Sarang and Tim Rhodes: “The last way” clinic: why tuberculosis remains an incurable disease in Russia
Yekaterinburg city tuberculosis (TB) clinic on Kamskaya Street specialises in the treatment of TB/HIV co-infection. We first visited in November 2009, as part of an […]