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Young (and occasionally less young) researchers, mostly from LMICs, present their views on global health issues.
On December 14, 2011, Unni Gopinathan, a medical student from the University of Oslo (UiO) and one of my closest friends in the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), informed me and another UiO-IFMSA colleague Usman Mushtaq about the plan to create a Youth Commission that would work in parallel with the Lancet-Uni...
On the 7th of May 2014, South Africans took to the polls in the country’s 5th national democratic election. The African National Congress (ANC) recorded its 5th victory securing 62.15% of the national vote. The Democratic Alliance (DA) secured 22.23% of the national vote, the most ever by the party confirming further its status as the official...
May 31st of every year is celebrated as World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) by the World Health Organization (WHO) and affiliated partners. The aim of the WNTD is to highlight the adverse risks associated with tobacco consumption, and to mobilize individuals, civil society and policy makers alike on key themes in tobacco control. Now that George Bush i...
The 67th World Health Assembly (WHA) closed last week, after long-working days, and adopting many resolutions on public health issues of global importance. In fact, this WHA broke many records, with the most resolutions and decisions (41) ever, as well as the most words translated for a five-day Assembly (1,300,000), and the most meetings (29...
