Every healthcare technology breakthrough brings with it a set of ethical and social concerns that seek to ensure the safety and...

Health systems operating at an optimum level of performance strive to meet three key measurements: universal access by the population,...

Image Credit: Boston Children's Hospital Over the years, the global health community has primarily focused on specific sectors in...

Good working conditions, job security and development opportunities are associated with better mental health. In the gig economy, workers...

There is reason to suggest that the use of social media has a negative impact on body image. Users tend to present idealised versions of...

In the United Kingdom, the relationship between social demands and health policy has been a key point of contention for decades. At the...

It is no secret that the National Health Service (NHS) faces a funding crisis: as emergency services creak and politicians shudder at the...

The WHO defines health inequalities as “differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different...

Suicide is a major health issue globally with the majority of deaths occurring in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). [1] Because...

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality around the world. This includes upper...

In 2014, the militant group that calls itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacked Yazidi settlements in Northern Iraq in...

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menses, owing to the gradual termination of ovarian follicular function against a backdrop of...

Background Across the world, 143 million surgeries each year are unable to take place due to economical, logistic and workforce reasons....

Problem: Access to Healthcare Ten times more is spent per patient on diabetes care in high-income countries than lower-middle-income...

Our research project is answering the question: ‘What constitutes a positive contraceptive experience?’. This question is designed to...

Polygeia is excited to announce that it is launching its new Journal of Global Health and Policy! This journal will provide a new...

Image Credit: Photo by Maria Oswalt on Unsplash Polygeia stands in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement during these difficult...

“Disease X, we said back then, would likely result from a virus originating in animals and would emerge somewhere on the planet where...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of 20 disease and disease groups that are typified by their prevalence in...

Polygeia started operations in Hong Kong this year as we instituted our first branch in South-East Asia. Read along to hear what Margaret...