Tag: health
Good figures: progress and possibility in numbers
From a drop in child obesity to the launch of the world’s first malaria vaccine, we’ve done the numbers on inspiring news stories from aroun...
Environment Lifestyle Science Society UK World
The doctor fighting poverty by prescribing money
Where some doctors see only heart disease or depression, Canadian GP Gary Bloch also sees poverty and homelessness. He realised that his pat...
Health Lifestyle Money Society
Crowdfunded Syrian hospital a ‘shining beacon’ of hope
In a country where government forces stand accused of routinely targeting healthcare facilities, one hospital in Syria has risen from the ru...
Health Society World
How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer
The east African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had to overcome cultural taboos and rumours about inf...
Health World
PrEP: ‘Why I’m part of the trial for the HIV prevention pill’
Touted as a way to end HIV within a generation, the HIV prevention pill (PrEP) is being trialled in the UK. We hear from Zia, an artist, act...
Health Opinion
Stroke deaths in England have halved in a decade, study finds
Better treatment lies behind the improvement, but prevention is key, say researchers ...
Health UK
