Bamako, Mali. Leopard-print chairs, a rather dark conference room filled mainly with African men dressed in either dark suits or colourful long…
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Conference news Mobile treatment teams and new drugs: the fight against sleeping sicknessRead more
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Conference news Treatment as prevention: we urgently need policy guidanceRead more
The International AIDS Society conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Rome has been hailed as a landmark conference for HIV…
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Conference news HIV: Treatment is the new prevention – and prevention worksRead more
Prevention is the buzzword at the Sixth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention(IAS 2011). Whether its the just-published…
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Conference news African Conference on Sanitation MDG 19-21 July 2011Read more
AfricaSan 3, the Third African Conference on Hygiene and Sanitation, currently being held (19-21 July) in Kigali, Rwanda, is being attended by…
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Conference news The science of outcomes: how far have we come?Read more
UPDATE 1 AUGUST: The COMET website has now launched. Its database lists the outcomes standardisation efforts that are going on across clinical…
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Conference news Eliminate the Neglect: U.S. Support Needed to Expand Assault on Neglected DiseasesRead more
Guest post by Bernard Pecoul and Peter Hotez If you asked the average American if they’ve ever heard of sleeping sickness, river…
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Conference news HIFA2015 Conference: lack of access to healthcare information is lethalRead more
Earlier this week I attended the first Conference of the HIFA2015 campaign at the BMA in London. In true reflection of the…
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Conference news Cambridge Global health Conference: Students are leading the wayRead more
Dr Rhona MacDonald, freelance editor, (rhonamacdonald@gmail.com) “It never ceases to amaze me how much Medsinners [members of Medsin] accomplish while studying full…
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Conference news Cuban doctors: overlooked champions of the health and human resources crisisRead more
Dr Rhona MacDonald, freelance editor (rhonamacdonald@gmail.com) This week, the Second Global Forum on health and human resources takes place in Bangkok, Thailand…
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Conference news Walk-in TB testing and self-testing for HIVRead more
I’m currently at the 41st Union World Conference in Berlin, Germany and this morning enjoyed an interactive session debating whether walk-in testing…
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Conference news Global Congress on Verbal Autopsy in 2011 open for abstract submissionRead more
The first Global Congress on Verbal Autopsy methods and applications will be held in Bali, Indonesia, in February 2011. This neglected area…
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Conference news Ethics of new developments in personalised healthcareRead more
A new report released yesterday by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics explores the impact, and ethical consequences, of personalised healthcare in a…