How would you know and what would it matter if the invisible disappeared? The self-described “invisible” are Canada’s aboriginal women, and the “disappeared” are the 1189 aboriginal women and girls who have been murdered or gone missing since 1980—young aboriginal women being five times more likely to die as a result of violence than non-aboriginal […]
Category: Global health
Violet Shivutse: A seat at the table for caregivers in Kenya
A new report from UN Women, Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights, calls for radical reforms to the global policy agenda thinking which will transform economies and make women’s rights and equality a reality. Included is a series of case studies from all over the world which illustrate how governments, organizations, […]
Paul Auerbach: The Nepal Ambulance Service
With the help of Rebecca Walker, a faculty member within the Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford and a very active participant in Stanford Emergency Medicine International (SEMI), I am writing about the Nepal Ambulance Service (NAS), which has survived trial by fire in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake. A loyal and energized group of Nepali […]
David Oliver: Minding our language around care for older people and why it matters
I love to plough through the newspapers, with radio or TV news on in the background. My enjoyment can be punctured by annoyances. Recurring candidates for this personal “room 101” are ageist language and attitudes. Comparing 2015 with my youth, I’ve seen a welcome sea change in the language deemed acceptable regarding race, sexuality, or […]
Paul Auerbach on the public health needs in Nepal
I am on my way back to the US now, and getting information from people who are in Nepal. Because I am inundated with requests to provide information from people who have read my previous posts, I will keep writing, but only if there is something useful to report. Please let me emphasize that this […]
Financial incentives for childhood immunisation in Australia
Peter McIntyre, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Kids Research Institute and University of Sydney. Kristine Macartney, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Kids Research Institute and University of Sydney. Julie Leask, University of Sydney. Australia’s approach to improving low childhood vaccine coverage began […]
Paul Auerbach: Continuing the relief effort in Nepal
The last few days have been action packed, and my work in Nepal is coming to a close. As an emergency physician, my skills will soon be much less needed than those of orthopedic and plastic surgeons, and primary care and infectious disease specialists. Because of the incredible outpouring of active interest from people who […]
The aftermath of Nepal’s earthquake—health sector response
The massive earthquake on 25 April has already claimed over 7000 lives across several districts in Nepal. Many villages have been completely flattened, while some are left with only a few standing houses. Physical destruction and damage aside, this mega-disaster has left the Nepalese people mentally and emotionally drained. Kathmandu Valley, which includes the capital […]
Jane Barrett on experiencing the Nepalese earthquake
25 April 2015—my birthday Five British/Irish cancer specialists were in Kathmandu lecturing on a course on implementing modern radiotherapy in Nepal. We had planned two workshops, one in Kathmandu on the 24/25 April and one in Bharatpur to the south on the 27/28 April. We were on the fifth floor of the Yellow Pagoda Hotel […]
Paul Auerbach on being part of the relief effort in Nepal
I’ve just joined the International Medical Corps team that will be growing to help meet the needs of Nepal following the recent devastating earthquake. It wasn’t easy to fly in, because the airport has a single main runway and isn’t large enough to park many large aircraft, and there is a great number of relief flights from all […]