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The refugee crisis: health burdens and vulnerabilities

by globalhealth on Jan 11, 2016 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Sanskriti Sasikumar Volunteers walk along a pile of vests that belonged to the refugees who landed on the shores of Lesbos Island in Greece. We are … Continue reading "The refugee crisis: health burdens and...

Harnessing Health Informatics: Dilemmas of Big Data and Adaptive Technologies

by globalhealth on Dec 6, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, IFGH Multimedia, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, Research

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Richard Gibney Today, both patient confidentiality and data protection are highly valued. But so is the data itself. Data breaches in the health sector are a … Continue reading "Harnessing Health Informatics: Dilemmas of Big Data and Adaptive...

3D Printing and Global Health: An Ethical Perspective

by globalhealth on Sep 4, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES 3D printed prosthetic arms as part of Project Daniel in Sudan. Image: Not Impossible, LLC Citizen Journalist: Muthukumaran Thangaramanujam (‘Muthu’) Three-dimensional printing (3D printing) is currently … Continue reading "3D Printing and Global Health: An Ethical...

Engaging Health Systems by Improving Access to Health Information

by globalhealth on Aug 6, 2015 in Education, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News, Past Events, Student Outreach Group

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Sanskriti Sasikumar Artwork by Charles Isabirye for Partnerships in Health Information. Retrieved from: http://www.phiinafrica.org/ Knowledge empowers individuals to make informed choices. However, in our search for … Continue reading "Engaging Health Systems by Improving...

(De) Politicizing or Delineating Health from Gender, Sexuality, Society and Culture

by globalhealth on Jul 16, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, Past Events

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist & Editor: Bianca van Bavel How we come to situate sexuality in the discourses of health and human rights can be very political. From … Continue reading "(De) Politicizing or Delineating Health from Gender, Sexuality, Society and...

Implementation Frameworks vs. Common Sense: Bringing Evidence Into Practice

by globalhealth on Jul 1, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Jess O’Dowd The gap between evidence and practice Evidence-based practice is seen as the benchmark of good healthcare. The use of scientific evidence combined … Continue reading "Implementation Frameworks vs. Common Sense: Bringing Evidence Into...

From We to One: Trans-disciplinary approaches to transform Global Health

by globalhealth on Jun 5, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News, Policy, Research

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist & Editor: Bianca van Bavel Globally, most emerging diseases and persisting infections are zoonoses transmitted from animals to humans. Their origins are associated … Continue reading "From We to One: Trans-disciplinary approaches to transform Global...

The Underhanded Promotion of Tobacco Products

by globalhealth on Jun 4, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Richeal Nic an Ri Uniting the world in eliminating tobacco use World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) was created by member states of the World Health … Continue reading "The Underhanded Promotion of Tobacco...