A Vision to Bring Gender Equity & the World of Pharmacy Together
A UN sustainable goal includes gender equality, with the aim being to wipe out all discrimination and violence towards women – in every corner of...
Global Reach
The Global Reach category highlights health issues, systems and innovations from around the world. It brings international perspectives on public health, equity, policy and practice, showcasing how different regions confront shared challenges and opportunities in health and care.
Liberia – Growing Cohort of Epilepsy Patients Shows How Life-changing Treatment is Possible
Many of the patients that we see have serious problems from neglect and stigma, because people mistakenly believe that epilepsy is a contagious disease. This...
The Mystery of Dr Li Wenliang – What Does it Tell us About This New Coronovirus?
Dr Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who first sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronovirus, died from the disease at the age of 32, the...
How Malaria Parasite Grows and Multiplies
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the parasite that causes malaria is able to multiply at such an alarming rate, which could...
Queen’s Research Develop Tool to Tackle Diet Epidemic in India
New research led by Queen's University Belfast aims to better understand the link between diet and disease in India. A disproportionately high number of premature...
Rising Temperatures May Cause Over 2000 Fatal Injuries Per Year In The US
A 2 degrees Celsius rise in temperatures could result in around 2,100 additional deaths from injuries every year in the United States. This is the...
3 Other Reasons Why Treating TB Is Important
We are privileged to be doing the work we do: screening disadvantaged people for Tuberculosis (TB) and treating them. We work in slums, villages, mountains,...
Antibiotic Resistance – The Battle Gets Harder
The World Bank estimates that between 1.1% and 3.8% of global GDP could be lost due to antibiotic resistance, (known as antimicrobial resistance /AMR), if...
Blast Damaged Children – World Extreme Medicine
One in six children in the world live in a conflict zones and are seven times more likely to die from blast injuries than adults...
New Strategy for Treating High Blood Pressure
The key to treating blood pressure might lie in people who are “resistant” to developing high blood pressure even when they eat high salt diets,...
