Your very good NHS
Watch this short video on the birth of the NHS: Your Very Good Health - 1948 - Charlie Dean Archives
A dispatch from Mosul
The healthcare infrastructure in Mosul (Iraq’s 2nd largest city) was completely destroyed by ISIS and as the city had been held under siege for over...
How cancer recharges its batteries
Stealing from the body is how cancer recharges its batteries, according to research published in the journal, Blood. Researchers at the University of East Anglia...
Cutting through compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue is what happens when you see the same terrible suffering day after day. When I was reporting on the migrant crisis in the...
Mental health treatment for prisoners in Zimbabwe
Fadumo Omar Mohamed joined Médecins Sans Frontières in 2013 as a Mental Health Activity Manager. Her latest assignment took her to Zimbabwe. This blog explains...
Tenfold increase in child obesity
Over the last 40 years, there has been a tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity, according to a new study by Imperial College London...
What is obesity?
Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what...
Saliah’s story for MSF
Saliha is a patient at MSF’s women’s health clinic in Kamrangirchar, a densely populated slum in the south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. She...
Child mental health and exclusion
As mental ill health in young people rises, and more children are subject to interaction with social care services each year, more children are being...
Mental health in the workplace
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has produced a special pack of mental health information for employers and employees to mark World Mental Health Day 2017...
