Applications to Elective Aid 2017 are now open!
Applications are open for Elective Aid 2017 Elective Aid is a 10-day global health programme for aspiring medical leaders. Click HERE to find out more and apply This year’s programme will take [...]
Crossing a health promotion frontier – educating about hypertension in South West Uganda
Bwindi National Park is a beautiful part of the world. Known as the Impenetrable Forest it houses some of the last families of mountain gorillas. Bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo and [...]
How mobile apps can improve maternal health in Afghanistan
(Photo Credit: Ricardo Mangual. Edited. Uploaded from Flickr via Creative Commons) Maternal health is taking centre stage in the global development agenda. The term itself refers to the health of [...]
Overcoming the NHS Innovation Challenge with Health Intrapreneurs
The NHS delivers free, quality healthcare for all, regardless of our ability to pay or social circumstance. This is a truly unique service, however, with an ever-increasing UK population, the NHS [...]
Mental Health: Putting our Creative Minds Together
(Photo taken by Ranya Mulchandani at Changing Minds Festival) This week marks a turning point in talking about mental health. In The Mind reaches mainstream BBC One audiences, demonstrating how [...]
Zika Virus: A Challenge for Global Health Innovation
With health officials this week declaring three Britons infected and the first reported case in Denmark, Zika virus is establishing itself as a truly global health priority. But what is the Zika [...]
The Rise of the Social Enterprise
Social responsibility has long been seen as secondary to the primary aim of businesses – profit maximisation. Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, often forms a single arm of a much [...]
The role of Social Innovation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
On the 25th September 2015 leaders from around the world came together to finalise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a comprehensive set of aims which will drive the international [...]
Elective Aid as told by Yasmin Jolly: Week 2
Day 7-10: Today was the flight to Cox Bazaar! It was an exciting day as Cox Bazaar was where the main part of the Fight Fistula project was based. On my previous family trips to Bangladesh, I had [...]
Antibiotic resistance – time for an attitude change?
(Photograph by Michael Mortensen) Antibiotic resistance, where drugs used against bacterial infections cease to be effective, is a terrifyingly large problem. The World Health Organization’s [...]
