Citizen Journalist: Lidia Shafik

By Lidia Shafik, Key Correspondent for the Irish Forum for Global Health Surgery is often seen as a luxury in the developing world. For Deirde Mangoang, Director of the RCSI/COSECA Collaboration Programme speaking at the Global Health Exchange conference this week in Dublin, surgery is, “The neglected red-headed step...

By Lidia Shafik, Key Correspondent for the Irish Forum for Global Health Non–communicable diseases (NCDs) were a priminent topic at this week’s Global Health Exchange conference, held in Dublin’s RSCI.  NCDs are the most common cause of death in the developing world. This is contrary to the popular belief that...