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Sierra Leonean Junior Doctor, Marina Kamara, follows up on a suspected kidney infection.

IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds

11 Jan 2017

Research shows budget reduction targets and public sector caps, insisted on by the IMF as loan conditions, result in reduced health spending and...

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Keeping patients safe in hospital

15 Nov 2016

Healthcare is a complex beast and too often problems arise that can put patients’ health – and in some cases, lives – at risk. A collaboration...

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Talal Al-Mayhani discusses the Syrian crisis in an interview in " ̽»¨Ö±²¥World this Evening", a programme by BBC Arabic

Q&A with neuroscientist Dr Talal Al-Mayhani: I believe that peace will come to Syria

22 Sep 2015

He trained as a medical doctor in Syria and did a PhD at Cambridge in order to set up a cancer research unit in Aleppo. In 2012, Dr Talal Al-Mayhani...

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Granddaughter helping her disabled grandmother walk with the aid of a walker.

Caring and sharing: challenges, costs and questions of dignity

03 Mar 2015

Integration of healthcare (free at point of delivery from the NHS) and social care (means-tested and provided by local authorities) is under...

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How to care for carers

10 Jun 2013

Carers’ week (10-16 June) will focus on the 6.5 million people who are carers. Many are providing palliative care for a relative or friend at home. A...

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Medical technology in action

Commercialising medical device innovation

13 Jul 2012

New medical devices take a long time to reach the market – and many never make it. Jon Johnson, a researcher at Cambridge’s Institute for...

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