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Let’s talk about Trust
When trust breaks down in relationships, very tiny actions acquire enormous significance. A passing smile at the kind neighbour generates, in the suspicious mind, images of stolen
The Key to a better malaria vaccine by Prof Faith Osier
How fantastic would it be if a group of African scientists developed a malaria vaccine that worked really well. This is all very exciting and I wish Faith and her team the very
On world mental health day – start to really listen to your teenager
The 10th of October is World Mental Health day. My plea today is to parents - that we start to really listen to our teenagers. It is one of the hardest thing to do as a parent as w
The face of science
Scientists are often portrayed as aging white men. To ‘spice’ them up, they will be useless with women, impossible to have decent conversations with and easy to con.
Glaucoma
About 5 million people in the world are blind as a result of glaucoma. Most patients with Glaucoma are not even aware they have the condition and a lot of the vision is lost before
Being a research participant
I have been on the researcher end and rarely on the research participant end. It was interesting to swop sides and go through the whole process and consider what my thoughts on par
Exciting malaria study
Sometimes reporting can give an overly exciting impression about something very benign - sowing unnecessary confusion. This is an exciting trial which may hold the key to future ma
Winner 2018 – Asanteni sana
This is to say a huge thank you. For two years in a row now - this blog has won Best Public Health Blog at the BAKE awards.
Happy new-ish year!
May the labor of your hands bring you joy and may you find peace in 2018. Looking forward to hearing more from you and here are my thoughts about this blog in the coming year.