I’m currently at the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) annual conference in Liverpool, UK, learning about the growing problem of injection drug…
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Conference news 3 cents a day is not enough to halt drug-related HIV-epidemicRead more
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General Talking harm reduction with Gerry Stimson, executive director of the IHRARead more
The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) are hosting their annual conference in Liverpool, UK, from April 25th -April 29th and I’m looking…
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General What can science do about malaria?Read more
I just read a fascinating and provocative blog titled ‘Malaria: Can science cripple development?’ by Bart Knols on the TH!NK3: Developing world…
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Mental Health New systematic review identifies gap in treatment for epilepsy in LAMICRead more
A paper just published in the WHO bulletin draws further attention to the global disparity in caring for those with epilepsy between…
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General From evidence to practice – E2Pi has launchedRead more
Dr. Gavin Yamey, formerly a Senior editor at PLoS Medicine, and Consulting editor at PLoS Neglected Diseases, blogged here a couple of…
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General Pandemic influenza – where do we go from here?Read more
Last Tuesday I attended a Royal Society discussion meeting titled ‘Pandemic influenza: frontiers in research‘ which I hoped might provide some answers…
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Neglected Diseases How neglected are neglected diseases?Read more
The World Health Organization uses the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), a time-based measure that combines years of life lost due to premature…
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General Improving nutrition highlighted by SciDevNet article collectionRead more
Problems with nutrition range from a lack of food to an imbalanced or inadequate diet. Being underweight is a major risk factor…
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General Cheaper malaria drugs but more stockouts in Africa?Read more
Richard Tren, Kimberly Hess and Roger Bate have written a fascinating commentary titled ‘Drug procurement, the Global Fund and misguided competition policies‘ …
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General Climate change supplement from open access journal Global Health ActionRead more
With the upcoming UN Climate change conference COP-15 almost upon us, the editors of the open access journal Global Health Action have…
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General Getting ahead of the curve for the most neglected diseases: top issues at ASTMHRead more
A guest blog by Oliver Yun, Medical Editor, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, New York The 58th annual meeting of the American…
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General Counting the global burden of foodborne diseaseRead more
Foodborne diseases include diarrhea due to foodborne pathogens, peanut allergies, poisoning from chemical contamination and emergent diseases such as avian ‘flu and…