While new global HIV infection targets, including the recently adopted UNAIDS Fast Track targets—which aim for no more than 500 000 new infections among adults by 2020 and no more […]
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Abhishek Yadav: Nepal struggles to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake
It was just another Saturday morning in Kathmandu city. Suddenly, the earth moved. “Earthquake!” I sounded the alarm as I gathered my family and clambered out of the house. Disoriented […]
The BMJ Today: Hidden calories, a derailed salt strategy, and a call for aid to Nepal
• Is it time for calorie labels on alcohol? How much do you know about the calorie content of your favourite tipple? Probably not much, if you follow the trend […]
The role of a health partnership: Development of a Centre for Evidence Based Medicine in Uganda
The past few decades have been marked by unprecedented interest in evidence based medicine (EBM), and a focus upon the use of innovative methods and protocols to provide valid and […]
Jocalyn Clark: Bhutan is a happy land. But is it healthy?
How can one not feel joy in a place called Land of the Thunder Dragon, the traditional name for Bhutan, the tiny landlocked South Asian nation south of Tibet known […]
Huw Llewelyn: The way forward from “rubbish” to “real” EBM in the wake of Evidence Live 2015
This blog is part of a series of blogs linked with BMJ Clinical Evidence, a database of systematic overviews of the best available evidence on the effectiveness of commonly used […]
Neal D. Barnard and Angela Eakin: Yes, cholesterol matters
In February 2015, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee reported that dietary cholesterol was no longer a “nutrient of concern.” According to the Committee’s report, “available evidence shows no appreciable […]
The BMJ Today: Growth charts, depression screening, and a second pair of eyes
• Growth charts reflect a growth in children within India The growth charts committee of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) has recently published new growth charts for children aged […]
Julian Sheather: Shaping the ends of our lives
Very difficult to know how we will approach our death until we are in the shadow of it. Will we hold to the ideals we formed when we were healthy, […]
William Cayley: Are you depressed?
“Do you feel down, depressed, or hopeless? Are you bothered by little interest or pleasure in doing things?” Now that the practice I work for is part of an accountable […]