By Hemali Bedi World Blood Donor Day is celebrated by countries around the world on 14th June each year. [1] This day serves to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations and thank blood donors for their invaluable contributions. [1] The theme of this year’s campaign is “Blood connects us all”. [1] Through this campaign, […]
Category: Global Health
Global health perspective for an unfortunate injection through a BMJ Case Report
by Amy Price Finding the Balance Finding the balance between the global health perspective and the individual patient is a challenge worth pursuing1. My first experience in writing from both worlds in one research paper was in our report of “An Unfortunate Injection.” 2 Working together on this report showed us as a team the […]
World Immunisation Week 2016
By Hemali Bedi “The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and vaccines.” – The World Health Organization [1] World Immunisation week takes place each year during last week of April (24-30). Last year, over 180 countries took part in the campaign, which is coordinated […]
Ottawa 2016 and ANZAHPE Conference
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 […]
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 […]
Rare Disease Day
By Hemali Bedi Rare diseases affect one in 2000 people or less; [1] but, rare diseases are more than just a medical challenge. Together, they present a public health problem that affects approximately 400 million people worldwide. [1] February 29th marks the ninth annual Rare Disease Day, which is co-ordinated by EURORDIS. [2] With the […]
Steps to success
By Kristian Dye Frates and Crane report a case that is a little unusual among case reports. The patient had no weird or wonderful signs or symptoms. She had no particular pathology. She was not unwell. Her presentation was all about lifestyle, risk, and the case is all about modification of that risk. The patient in this […]
The Student Elective Competition – have you entered yet?
By Hemali Bedi Travelling far afield for your elective? If so, we want to hear all about it. Write up your experiences into a Global Health case report and not only could you be the lucky winner of a £500 travel bursary, your article could also be included in the 2016 special edition print journal. […]