“China pips India as the world’s most diabetic nation” ran the headlines in Hindustan Times (March 26, 2010). It almost sounded as if India’s pride had been hurt. Such a […]
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Tom Nolan: assessing the swine flu pandemic
GPs, politicians, journalists, and practice managers met for the Pandemic Summit at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) last Thursday to share their experiences on surviving the swine flu pandemic. […]
Emily Spry: Sierra Leone doctors still on strike
Despite my best efforts, I seem to have ended up with four sick babies and a mother with an infected Caesarian wound, all of us stranded in an unused wing […]
K. M. Venkat Narayan: Oozing With Confidence New India Takes On Education Challenges
In general, past trends may help to reliably predict the future of simple systems. Not so with complex dynamic systems, which are hard to predict, and when it comes to […]
What we’re reading: 19 March 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some […]
David Pencheon: Yes, we care.
There is a comforting logic in informing people before encouraging them to act. Take smoking. We may need to reframe the message depending on the person and what we suspect […]
Harry Brown: Online security and safety
It is amazing that in a relatively short period of time, many of us have come to rely so much, on the online world for some of our standard services. […]
Emily Spry: Doctors and Nurses on Strike
Here in Freetown, both the doctors’ and nurses’ associations have decided to go on strike with immediate effect. The strike has been precipitated by the Free Healthcare Initiative, which is […]
What we’re reading 12 March 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some […]
What we’re reading 5 March 2010
In the BMJ editorial office, we often come across interesting articles, blogs, and web pages. We thought we would share these with you. Some are medical, some techie, and some […]