Medical experts in India say that the realization of a COVID-19 vaccine is unrealistic, as the shortest time it has taken to produce a vaccine was for mumps, which took nearly four years of research. On average, vaccines take 5 to 10 years to develop and in many cases it Read more…
“Oh, you’re a physiotherapist? You know, my back has been killing me these last days – a massage would be awesome…?” The reaction I get when telling people about my profession is, unfortunately, very predictable. Yet, a physiotherapist is so much more than a masseuse. The fields we are trained Read more…
Regardless of one’s opinion on migration, it is impossible to deny the influence that the foreign-born population has had on the United States (U.S.) The United States Census Bureau (USCB) estimated 44,728,721 foreign-born people are living in the US as of 2018, making up 13.7% of the total population and Read more…
In honor of World Refugee Day, Anila Noor joined us for an interview about her experience as a refugee and work as a Gender Migration Policy Expert. We don’t have to look far to find strong, inspiring women around us, but what stands out the most about Anila is her Read more…
By Ana Antunes When gathering ideas for this book review section, I asked myself a very simple question – If I had to choose only one book to fulfil the Global Health section of my Faculty’s library (or my own personal shelf in a wretched alternate universe) – what would Read more…
By Camila González Beiras. I have been a Hoovian (a.k.a a Doctor WHO fan) for many years now. The Doctor’s way of seeing the world has shaped my mind and inspired me for years, but it hasn’t been until recently that I have started to see the doctor as some sort of inter-galactic Global Health professional…