JAMA 7 Mar 2012 Vol 307 915 “Almost 2 and a half million people in the United States die every year, making death the most common health event in the United States” says Mary Tinetti in a Viewpoint piece called The Retreat from Advanced Care Planning. It’s a strange and somewhat disturbing choice of words, […]
Andy Murray is the new Scottish Government Physical Activity Champion. No, not Andy Murray the tennis player. A real athlete—an elite ultra distance runner, Edinburgh GP, and sports medicine expert. He leads by example. Ultra marathons in the Gobi desert, the Arctic, the Indonesian jungle, never mind little diversions like the West Highland Way, a […]
In the midst of his heavy schedule, defending his controversial NHS reforms, Andrew Lansley, health secretary for England, has found the time to form a new expert panel which will contribute to a government report on the NHS Constitution. […]
Malaria is a deadly disease which kills at least 300,000 Nigerian children every year. The contribution of Malaria to the high mortality rate amongst children is of grave global concern. The Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2008 study report shows that malaria is endemic throughout the country. Data from the study results indicates that […]
Seven years ago today I flew into Lungi airport on an SN Brussels flight together with a few other people who were soon to be my colleagues and housemates. I remember it being hot and sticky while we were waiting to get on a helicopter to reach Freetown. I remember the drive along the beach […]
< Is it better to write blogs or a book? I wondered this the other night as I attended the party to celebrate the launch of a friend's book. […]
South Africa has a bright future—with strategic investments now, we will have a vibrant economy fueled by our “youth bulge.” I believe that investments today will pay a youth dividend of increases in economic productivity, innovation and quality of life. […]
Whilst reading the 27 February issue of the South China Morning Post, my eye was caught by an article titled “Mother of girl set on fire vows court action.” This was a detailed story of a teenage girl in Anhui province who had kerosene poured over her and was set alight by a man whose […]
It feels like no time at all since we launched PROSPERO. The year has flown by, buoyed by the worldwide support and enthusiasm for the initiative. It has been a successful year with over 380 reviews being undertaken in 27 different countries registered to date. We have also been delighted by the public support of […]
Watching Andrew Lansley at the Nuffield Trust Summit last week was to watch a man surprisingly at ease. The Health Secretary is at the centre of a huge media storm, surrounding an enormously mangled bill, decried by all and sundry in the medical profession and beyond. But he started his talk with a joke, he […]