The 2024 Access to Medicine Index shows that some manufacturers are increasingly prioritising LMICs, but broader interest in equitable access is waning. Udani Samarasekera reports.
The story of child and adolescent health over the past 25 years is one of clear but sometimes stalled progress, followed by the catastrophically negative impact of COVID-19, from which many children's ...
The UN has declared November 24 as World Conjoined Twins Day,1 an initiative led by Saudi Arabia to raise global awareness about the medical and societal challenges faced by conjoined twins and their ...
In September, 2024, WHO announced a partnership between its Fides network of health influencers and the social media platform TikTok to promote science-based health information and encourage positive ...
Preventive therapies targeting calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)—ie, monoclonal anti-CGRP or anti-CGRP receptor antibodies, which are injected subcutaneously or intravenously, and gepants, which ...
The prevalence of dementia is increasing worldwide, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries, including south Asia, where a quarter of the world's population lives. Several risk factors ...