I feel as if I have been in some kind of altered state since I arrived in Freetown ten weeks ago. After an extended high, where I was bursting with […]
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Tony Waterston on a health movement at the Wave
At the weekend we attended the most profound and moving event for health progress that we can remember. This took place at the Royal College of Nursing – founded in […]
Nathan Ford: Losing momentum in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Six years ago the UK government made an important reversal in its policy towards HIV/AIDS treatment. Whereas previously the UK approach was to fund the building of general health care […]
Richard Smith: Dead philosophers can make you laugh
Perhaps I should have realised from the title, but when I began to read The Book of Dead Philosophers I didn’t expect it to be funny. In fact Simon Critchley’s stories […]
Finca bout it, says Louise Kenny
Guatemalan coffee is revered as a most tasty brew throughout the world. I’ve even read reports from connoisseur “cuppers,” or coffee tasters, about it being a “kaleidoscope” coffee. Apparently that’s […]
Emily Spry on infant mortality in Sierra Leone
A relatively newly-posted medical officer told me how she resisted returning to the children’s hospital after her three month stint here as a house officer last year. “It was so […]
Richard Smith: can the internet transform public services?
Slowly but surely the internet is transforming industries—finance, travel, music, entertainment—but so far it has had little impact on public services. But can it transform public services and if so […]
Tracey Koehlmoos on fear and swine flu in Bangladesh
They were waiting for me when I returned to Dhaka in late July. My office is not easily found, so the small group of older gentlemen must have been determined […]
Domhnall MacAuley on Thierry Henry’s rehabilitation
Thierry Henry’s rehabilitation is on track. He kept a low profile in Barca’s win on Tuesday night but was back in the spotlight nevertheless. Gasps of relief across the world […]
Richard Smith is expelled from the Royal College of Physicians
I’ve just been thrown out of the Royal College of Physicians, which has moderately excited me—probably just as much as when I became a fellow. My sin is not paying […]