This week, on the 7th of April, its World Health Day. On this and every day the World Health Organisation raises and pushes for UHC but what really does that mean. Universal health coverage means individuals and populations receive access to all the essential health services they need without being pushed into poverty. When I looked at…
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I stand with Egypt
It was quickly overshadowed by news of a royal engagement but at the weekend the news channels reported the death of over 300 people in Egypt. I don’t look at the news religiously and I’m fairly taken a back that there is no global condemnation, no hashtag trending and no temporary flag over profile pictures.…
Pride comes before a fall…
“Why do we want all these people from ‘shithole countries’ coming here?”It is a phase that has been denied but has this week sparked a lot of press coverage. In a country where over 60% of their citizens don’t have a passport is it hard to believe that there is a lack of awareness of anything outside their own…