Doctors adrift with seasickness
Seasickness is an occupational hazard when you are taking to the wave-swept ocean in a seven-metre long rowing boat. That's exactly what Jack Faulkner and...
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.
A vision for the future
We know that today 2.5 billion people around the world have poor vision with no access to a means of correcting it and it’s been...
Access to essential medicines
In recent years, the introduction of new medicines and treatments has exponentially increased the ability to handle and treat major diseases. According to the World...
A robust new virus
Human parvovirus 4, ‘PARV4’, is a tiny, robust DNA virus. In the decade since it was first reported – the result of a trawling expedition...
Pioneering mobile health (mHealth) in Africa: a nurses perspective from Malawi
If you visit Malawi, in south-east Africa, you will find a warm, sunny climate and a welcoming, friendly people who are largely based in rural...
Why Hepatitis B Isn’t On Its Way Out (Yet)
Is hepatitis B infection a problem that will gradually fizzle out over time? On initial reflection, it is easy to think it might be. We...
Health for all in developing countries
The Hope of Universal Health Coverage for People in Developing Countries. What would you do if you were detained in a hospital for not paying...
Handing (Back) Over the Pen
Handing (Back) Over the Pen: Afghan Women's Experiences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Violence and trauma refer to experiences, rather than inherent pathological processes, which...
Vlog: Search and rescue in the Mediterranean
Ed Taylor is working on board the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run by SOS Mediterranee in partnership with MSF. Read more about...
FEAST – five years on
'Back in 2011, my research team published the results of the largest trial of critically ill children ever undertaken in Africa (FEAST trial), a trial that examined...
