Posted by Adrienne Lee Tue, 31 Jan 2017 September 2016 saw the death in Reno of a woman in her 70s whose condition proved to be resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in US hospitals. She developed a rare infection after treatment in an Indian hospital for a broken femur and was hospitalised with sepsis … Continue reading is this the beginning of the end of antibiotics? [by. dr graham lister]
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Posted by Bristol Conference Mon, 16 Jan 2017 Trump’s inauguration is an important moment for Medsin Members to consider what this presidency and Republican domination of the senate, congress and soon, supreme court may mean for global health equity. How might aid, trade and global governance of issues such as: human rights to health … Continue reading what will a trump presidency mean for global health equity? [by dr. graham lister]
Posted by Andy Pearce Mon, 30 Apr 2012 On the weekend of the 14th-15th April, Medsin KCL hosted over 300 students for Medsin’s global health conference. The conference was entitled Conflicted: The War For Health and dealt with the causes, health effects and responses to violent conflict around the world. It’s been two weeks since … Continue reading post conflict(ed) recovery
Posted by Nikki Scott Mon, 30 Apr 2012 As promised, here is SKIP's account of our General Assembly, which took place up in the wonderful city of Glasgow on the 14th and 15th of April. The keen-eyed amongst you will have noticed that this was the same weekend as the Medsin Global Health Conference, which … Continue reading travel fund and advocacy in glasgow: the skip ga
Posted by James Conroy Sun, 29 Apr 2012 One of two National Coordinators of SKIP. FY1 doctor based in Yorkshire. It was raised this weekend at the Medsin Spring General Assembly that SKIP has been rather lacking on blog contributions. For this, we can only humbly apologise and promise to make amends. Starting now. So … Continue reading skip and looking after member welfare
Posted by Vita Sinclair Wed, 25 Apr 2012 I can nearly stretch my legs out in front of me and to my left the window spans a good metre across. In these times of austerity, when most of the perks of international travel have evaporated, you might think this is a rather luxurious journey back … Continue reading 4 days, 3 cities and a healthy planet
Posted by Benedict Warner Tue, 24 Apr 2012 Ben is a final year medical student at Dundee University, and was previously the national Secretary for Medsin in 2010/11. He battled long & hard with the old website, but much prefers this one now. By the time the Health and Social Care Bill passed into law, becoming … Continue reading building a grass-roots, citizens’ movement for health
Posted by Hollie Kluczewski Mon, 23 Apr 2012 Hollie is intercalating in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research at LSHTM. Ex-national coordinator of Sexpression:UK, current transnational project coordinator of SHAPE, Policy and Advocacy assistant to SCORA. Contact her on hkluczewski@gmail.com As my role as joint transnational coordinator of Sexperience (An international collaboration of projects similar to … Continue reading moving forward from ghana
Posted by Felicity Jones Sun, 22 Apr 2012 Felicity is a fourth year medical student at King’s College London. She is currently Joint National Coordinator of Medsin-UK, along with Dan Knights. Contact her on nationalcoordinator@medsin.org and follow her on twitter: @faejones. It’s the final day of our time in Prague, and looking back over the … Continue reading an emotional rollercoaster at euregme
Posted by Joy Clarke Sat, 21 Apr 2012 Policy and Advocacy Director for Medsin UK. Medical student at Barts and the London. Tweet @joyclarke1 Email policies@medsin.org This article was first published on openDemocracy.net, http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/joy-clarke/when-camaraderie-is-for-show-virgin-loves-london-marathon-helps-dismantle-nhs When camaraderie is for show: Virgin loves the London Marathon, helps dismantle the NHS On Sunday morning London will be alive … Continue reading when camaraderie is for show: virgin loves the london marathon, helps dismantle the nhs
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