Politics

Jun 28, 20204 min read

Addressing the Psychiatric and Political Needs of Yazidi Refugees

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

May 2, 20206 min read

COVID-19: Community Engagement & other Strategies for Social Mobilisation in Africa

The ultimate control and prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic would rely largely on human behaviours. Therefore, people’s action or...

Jul 21, 20193 min read

Does Big Pharma have the answers to antimicrobial resistance?

Key points Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses one of the most important global health issues of the 21st century Mortality associated...

Apr 18, 20183 min read

Universal Health Coverage in LMICs

Following on from World Health Day on the 7th of April, when there was a spotlight on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as a Sustainable...

Apr 7, 20184 min read

UHC in the SDG era: World Health Day 2018

“Universal Health Coverage (or UHC) is a political choice … Health is a right and not a luxury,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...

Apr 4, 20183 min read

Improving Regulation of Medical Data-Sharing Partnerships

Key points There have been several recent cases of tech companies accessing people’s data and using it without explicit consent. This...

May 5, 20173 min read

Maternal deaths: looking to the impacts of the Trump administration on abortion

President Trump has recently reinstated the Mexico City Policy, originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984, an extension of the 1973...

Apr 15, 20174 min read

Surgery in the Ongoing Syrian Conflict

What started as an uprising in 2011 has now developed into a full civil war with multiple regional and international stakeholders. The...

Jun 6, 20164 min read

Taxing sugary drinks is not the cure-all for obesity, but it is a start

Falling in line with countries including Mexico, France and Norway, the UK Government has announced plans to impose a tax on beverages...

May 23, 20167 min read

Speaking truth to power: Polygeia’s guide to Parliamentary Select Committees

When being interviewed about internet surveillance, Gen. Keith Alexander, the former director of the NSA, once joked that the...

May 3, 20164 min read

Breast Cancer: What are the Costs of Screening a Nation?

The national breast cancer screening programme, introduced in 1988, gave promise in reducing mortality of the most common cancer in the...

Mar 18, 20162 min read

Polygeia at the House of Commons: Lessons from Ebola Affected Communities

Image left to right: Lord Chidgey (chair of Africa APPG), Tom Hird, Samara Linton and Richard Dowden (director of the Royal African...