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    Addressing the Psychiatric and Political Needs of Yazidi Refugees
    Polygeia
    • Jun 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    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...
    COVID-19: Community Engagement & other Strategies for Social Mobilisation in Africa
    Polygeia
    • May 2, 2020
    • 6 min

    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...
    Does Big Pharma have the answers to antimicrobial resistance?
    Polygeia
    • Jul 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    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...
    Universal Health Coverage in LMICs
    Polygeia
    • Apr 17, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    UHC in the SDG era: World Health Day 2018
    Polygeia
    • Apr 6, 2018
    • 4 min

    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,...
    Improving Regulation of Medical Data-Sharing Partnerships
    Polygeia
    • Apr 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
    Maternal deaths: looking to the impacts of the Trump administration on abortion
    Polygeia
    • May 4, 2017
    • 3 min

    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    President Trump has recently reinstated the Mexico City Policy, originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984, an extension of the 1973...
    Surgery in the Ongoing Syrian Conflict
    Polygeia
    • Apr 14, 2017
    • 4 min

    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...
    Taxing sugary drinks is not the cure-all for obesity, but it is a start
    Polygeia
    • Jun 5, 2016
    • 4 min

    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...
    Speaking truth to power: Polygeia’s guide to Parliamentary Select Committees
    Polygeia
    • May 22, 2016
    • 7 min

    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...
    Breast Cancer: What are the Costs of Screening a Nation?
    Polygeia
    • May 2, 2016
    • 4 min

    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 at the House of Commons: Lessons from Ebola Affected Communities
    Polygeia
    • Mar 18, 2016
    • 2 min

    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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