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Tony Waterston on child health teaching in the occupied territories

December 18, 2008

Arriving in Ramallah in December from a freezing UK, both the temperature and the welcome were very warm. The purpose was a regular visit to the students on the collaborative […]

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Guest writersIsrael, Occupied Territories, Palestine, Ramallah, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, West Bank3 Comments

Richard Smith on the right to health

December 15, 2008

On first acquaintance the concept of a right to health can seem ridiculous. Why not a right to happiness, beauty, high intelligence, and Arsenal winning the cup every year? The […]

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Guest writers, Richard SmithAmartya Sen, global health, health, Human Rights, Jeremy Bentham, Lancet, WHO1 Comment

Richard Smith on why diabetes envies cancer

December 11, 2008

Those who campaign on diabetes envy those who campaign on cancer because cancer gets so much more attention than diabetes. Indeed, the diabetes campaigners are very frustrated that diabetes is […]

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Guest writers, Richard SmithAIDS, Cancer, Diabetes, HIV, Oxford, Said Business School2 Comments

Alison Godbolt on identity cards … invasion of privacy or commonsense?

December 10, 2008

A few years ago I saw myself as a bit of a defender of privacy. Now I’m slightly older (and wiser?). I wonder whether identity cards – traditionally opposed by […]

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Guest writersconsent, Human Rights, id cards, privacy, sweden4 Comments

A global conversation on defining health: Alex Jadad and Laura O’Grady

December 10, 2008

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” In February of 2008 we dreamt of the possibility of […]

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Guest writershealth, WHO537 Comments

Siddhartha Yadav: Sex and the city

December 9, 2008

Thamel is a busy tourist hub in Kathmandu. Its streets are lined by numerous shops, massage centres, bars, pubs, hotels, restaurants and even strip clubs, popularly known as dance restaurants. […]

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Guest writers, Siddhartha Yadav, StudentsHIV/AIDS, Nepal, prostitution, sex workers, sexually transmitted infections, tourism15 Comments

Ohad Oren injects hope into medical communication

December 9, 2008

In Israel, a country where we don’t need reminding of the precariousness of life, absolute terms like life and death are sometimes blurred. This gives power to the sort of […]

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Guest writers, Studentshope, medical communication, Middle East conflict1 Comment

Matiram Pun: Mountain medicine – pilgrims, research, and peace

December 5, 2008

With the world’s media reporting about the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the first congress of the Asia-Pacific Society of Mountain Medicine (APSMM) took place in Delhi on 28-30 November. The […]

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Guest writers, Junior doctorsMumbai, terrorism moutain medicine4 Comments

Julian Sheather on genetically modified organisms

December 3, 2008

One evening last week I found myself alone in the restaurant of a large golfing hotel in a remote corner of Essex. Probably because it happens so infrequently, I quite […]

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Guest writers, Julian Sheatherfamine, GMOs1 Comment

Andrew Hogg on clubfoot in Africa: the video

December 3, 2008

While working in the orthopaedic department at Ngwelezana I spent a fair amount of time doing the clubfoot clinics. For those unfamiliar with clubfoot treatment, most cases can be corrected […]

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Guest writers, Junior doctorsclub feet, kzazulunatal9 Comments
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