Mortality inequalities are widening in cities across the UK- Death rates in the most deprived areas of cities in England and Scotland have been increasing since the start of the last decade, widening inequalities between the richest and poorest in society. The important new study, led by researchers at the University of Glasgow in collaboration […]
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Lacking two types of social connection – infrequent social contacts, combined with feelings of isolation – may contribute to a higher risk of death, according to a new study. The research found that while having either low levels of objective social connections (such as not seeing friends and family often) or subjective feelings of lacking […]
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Results of our new research, a collaboration between our team of scientists at the Universities of Sheffield, Birmingham and Edinburgh, has shown that patients undergoing emergency surgery in lower-income countries have a three times greater chance of dying than in higher income countries. The study monitored post-surgery death rates and mapped them against the Human […]
In 2012, when we founded Hospitals Beyond Boundaries (HBB), a tiny non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Malaysia, only few youths were interested in the idea of an organisation that goes into poor countries to build health centres sustained by local communities. Many preferred the action and adventure of emergency response to war, crisis and natural […]