As the Kony 2012 campaign continues to sear the image of Joseph Kony—head of the Ugandan guerilla group, the Lord’s Resistance Army— into the world’s consciousness, it’s worth remembering that […]
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Andrew Moscrop: Road traffic injuries in Pakistan
Lying on his back, a trail of his drying blood scuffed across the dusty concrete floor, the young boy was alive and screaming. As he drew his knees up to […]
Andrew Moscrop: Leishmaniasis in Pakistan
Dust has blown up around the Kuchlak health centre near Quetta. A gritty wind that hurts the eyes, matts the hair, and coarsens the teeth. Dust clouds have utterly concealed […]
Bern-Thomas Nyang’wa and Kartik Chandaria: Zero MDR-TB deaths in children in our lifetime?
Global aspirations This year’s STOP TB partnership World TB Day campaign approach is ambitious, but inspirational. We hope to see zero drug-resistant TB deaths in children in our lifetime. As […]
Grania Brigden: A spotlight on children with tuberculosis
Of the 9.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed each year, approximately 5% are multidrug resistant (MDR). This World TB Day there is an emphasis on children, which is long […]
Ivan Gayton on geeks and primitive fieldworkers: a tale of two cultures
As a project manager for MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders), a medical emergency humanitarian agency, I attended this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, in the […]
Andrew Moscrop: Security in Pakistan
Fluttering, close enough to touch almost, or soaring and swooping high overhead, dozens of brightly coloured kites fleck the square of late afternoon sky above me. Beyond, the snow-capped mountain […]
Kaz de Jong: What is a traumatic experience if you live in Mogadishu?
The woman in front of me in the clinic looked worried. Her child, a small creature, was struggling to resist efforts to measure his weight. She was worried about him […]
Greg Elder: Hippocrates: a casualty of the war in Syria
A doctor’s protest Principles Four months ago en route to work I read an article about how the blood transfusion services in Syria had been taken over by the Ministry […]
Rachel ter Horst: The tomorrow of neglected tropical diseases
Four acts in 90 minutes. A tight script that does not leave time for clapping. Nine men in dark suits and one woman on stage. That one woman is Margaret […]