By Manasi Jiwrajka The beautiful city of Perth on the Western Coast of Australia hosted the Ottawa 2016 and ANZAHPE conference this year. Delegates from the US, Canada, the UK, Netherlands, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, South Africa, Australia and many other countries attended this conference. I downloaded the mobile app for this conference prior to my […]
Month: March 2016
Behaviour change: A bitter pill to swallow
By Kristian Dye The case reported by Dunton et al comes from a very particular cultural context, and yet it demonstrates things that all practitioners see in almost all healthcare settings. The patient reported is a 60 year old man with type 2 diabetes, who despite taking his medications, is unable to make the behaviour change […]
World Tuberculosis Day 2016
By Hemali Bedi Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s top global health challenges. [1] It is both preventable and curable, yet in 2014, 9.6 million people contracted TB and 1.5 million died from the disease. [1] Currently, over 95% of cases and deaths occur in developing countries. [2] March 24th marks World TB Day, […]
An unfortunate injection
By Bhavik Shah “Foot drop” due to injured sciatic nerve because of a faulty technique of intramuscular injection is prevalent in developing countries. Some important Global Health issues related to this problem are discussed here. Indiscriminate use of injections Oral medications are easier to administer and are equally effective in treating many conditions without causing pain […]