The role of the health community in the European refugee crisis
Adam Tiliouine is a volunteer for global health charity Medact, and involved in organising ‘Health Through Peace’, a two-day conference in November of this...
WHO: are unpaid internships undermining helping those most in need?
The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) stands out as a center of international cooperation to build health systems and combat disease. It achieves this...
The Changing Face of Risk
With the largest celebration of LGBT communities in London taking place on Saturday 27th June as part of International Pride week, and the decision...
The Tourist Rush to Cuba: Is it right?
As the relationship between the United States and Cuba opens up, Tal Gurevich raises important concerns about ethical travel. Tal also unpacks the troubling fascination...
The Politics of Band Aid
Does the backlash against Band-Aid centre attention upon the politics of celebrity activism? Charlotte Fraser looks at the role it has in detracting attention away from broader, structural...
Lessons from the Pursuit of Polio Eradication in Northern Nigeria
In the new millennium, polio has become a prominent disease within global health discourse, particularly with regards to the Millennium Development Goals. Amelia Worley provides...
Ebola and Fear: An economic analysis
The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has developed into an overwhelming humanitarian and global health crisis. However, as with any...
Ebola: ‘Africa’s problem’
How does the developed world respond to crises in the developing world? Sabrina Marsh explores the current Ebola outbreak in light of inequality, international aid...
Apps for development: the African surge in mobile technology
Mobile technology has widely been touted as a useful tool for empowering the inhabitants of developing countries. Geography student Leo Marioni discusses the pros...
Reverse innovation: Everyone has something to teach and something to learn
Globalisation has created a number of public health challenges, but also some unexpected positives. Catherine Rushworth explores a concept challenging the dominant mindset that the...
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: is free trade really the way forward?
For almost a year, the EU and the US have been negotiating what could be the most extensive bilateral trade agreement in history. The...
India’s demographic dividend: public health impacts of the youth bulge
As one of the world’s most populous and fastest-growing countries, India is currently in a state of demographic flux. London School of Hygiene and...
The state of homelessness in France: a British perspective
Encounters with homelessness are a part of life for city dwellers around the world. However, since the recession of 2007 the numbers of Europeans directly...
No sanitation: public health implications and private-sector solutions
Going to the toilet might not strike some as a development priority, but social enterprises in India and Kenya have demonstrated the immense social and...
Reflections from the 19th International AIDS Conference, Washington 2012
Following President Obama’s decision to lift the US travel ban on people with HIV, Western attitudes towards AIDS are improving. DiA writer Katie Simkins...
Live Positive, love positive: HIV and the right to marriage
DiA volunteer Lydia Greenaway reflects on the stigma faced by people with HIV in India and a remarkable programme in Pune, where she has...
World Sight Day: The Fight for Sight
. An estimated 284 million people the world over are visually impaired. In order to mark Thursday’s World Sight Day 2011, Sarah Marsh looks at...