Patents, Patients & COVID-19
World leaders are squaring off on a complex topic: whether to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines.
Europe Gets Real on Health Care Evidence
A new organisation aims to fill the gap between health care data and health care reality. How? By embracing real-world evidence.
The Vaccines That Can Bring Us Closer
Just as COVID-19 drove people to distance themselves, widespread vaccination has the potential to bring them closer. But as the World Health Organization celebrates World Immunization Week, COVID-19 vaccination across Europe remains a challenge.
Global Advocates Join Forces on Neurological Care
International and regional organisations are taking a stand for the billions of people living with neurological conditions.
Beating Cancer Pain
Heart Failure Risk Looms for Ageing Adults
If this is the Decade of Health Ageing, as the World Health Organization declares, then heart failure may well be the next public health crisis.
The “Little” Heart Health Risk that Poses Big Problems
A common cardiovascular risk factor that affects one-fourth of the world’s population may be overlooked by health care providers – and unknown to the general public.
South Africa Faces Dangerous Gaps in Cholesterol Management
Every day, 210 South Africans die from cardiovascular disease. Yet screening and treatment for a major risk factor, high cholesterol, remain inconsistent and outdated.
Youth Advocates Aren’t Waiting to Shape Health Policy
In Europe, young patients and health care professionals have decided that now is the time to seek better health policies. I saw this first-hand at February’s #RARE2030 rare disease policy conference.
Bringing Rare Disease to the Forefront
“Be strong, be happy, and enjoy every second of life.” It’s sound advice under any circumstances, but awe-inspiring coming from one of the 300 million people who live with a rare disease.
