Migrants mental health at the RSM
When it comes to various psychiatric illnesses migrants suffer more from conditions including depression and anxiety than the indigenous population of the new country. But...
School Nurses
School nurses are qualified and registered nurses or midwives who have an additional qualification in community public health. They are concerned with students’ physical, mental and emotional...
World Cup fever
England v West Germany 1966 World Cup Final by British Pathe. Team England plays on to victory against West Germany in this classic World Cup...
Breathe Easy Week
Breathe Easy Week is the annual awareness event, focusing on lung health. It takes place from 18 - 24 June 2018. Each year, Breathe Easy Week raises awareness...
Momentous decision to offer boys HPV vaccine
The decision to offer boys a vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has just been...
Brave Faces – plastic surgery born in war
A century ago it was wounded soldiers, rather than celebrities, queuing for the latest plastic surgery. The First World War saw the rise of terrible...
The human microbiome at the RSM
Human beings are each colonised by trillions of bacteria living on surfaces such as the skin, the genitorurinary tract and the gut. Every individual has...
Ghana eliminates trachoma
Ghana has made history by becoming the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate trachoma – the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness. In 2000,...
Regular wound dressings work
A new study of open leg fractures suggests there is no difference to patient recovery whether high-tech negative pressure wound therapy devices are used, compared...
A new approach to working in crisis zones
My background in public health medicine has given me a unique insight into the problems faced by people in challenging situations and crisis zones around...
