PolygeiaSep 12, 20173 minSimprints: Identification Data in HealthcareData is an absolute necessity in today’s world, and many basic needs cannot be provided for without it. For example, efficient delivery...
PolygeiaSep 5, 20174 minTraditional Practices and Socio-cultural Norms Affecting the Health of Pregnant Women in LMICs Social and cultural factors impact the health of pregnant women in a multitude of ways, especially in settings where traditional beliefs...
PolygeiaSep 1, 20174 minHow does international migration influence individual and population health?Concerns regarding the impact of international migration have featured prominently in recent public and political discourse. The outcome...
PolygeiaAug 22, 20173 minTraditional Birth Attendants: A valuable asset or a drain on resources?“No woman should die in pregnancy or childbirth” is a phrase that is stamped all over official WHO maternal health documentation....
PolygeiaAug 11, 20174 minCholera: Not a disease of the pastIn a world of rapid economic and technological progress, an expanding health care sector and rapidly evolving innovations, diseases that...
PolygeiaMay 30, 20173 min‘Reverse-innovation’… if that’s what you call it? Exploring a new paradigm in global health practiceRecent years have witnessed the emergence of a new paradigm in global health. Though by no means unprecedented, the notion that...