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President Trump has recently reinstated the Mexico City Policy, originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984, an extension of the 1973...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