Perhaps it is time to rethink our approach to old age and the way we see elderly people in our society?

The pandemic has caused unprecdented disruption to elective care across the globe, what steps are different countries taking to stem growing backlogs in care across the sector?

Rising temperatures across the globe are posing an increasingly dangerous problem for health systems across the world.

Global health is driven by women, a fact too often ignored in health and care workforce planning.

A team of research and development engineers, doctors and mathematicians have created the MassVentil system, a ventilator that is able to ventilate up to 5 people at the same time

At the start of 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) outlined what it considered to be the greatest public health threats for the next decade. Among these warnings was not only a global pandemic, but antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Globalising opportunities for education, training and knowledge exchange is a key priority for The Christie and its partners says Professor Richard Cowan, Director of The Christie School of Oncology

For Africa’s healthcare to grow, it’s vital to build capacity and reduce the proportion of externally funded healthcare, says Barry Francis Healthcare UK infrastructure specialist.

Developing healthcare facilities in Africa is a collaboration between the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and Prime Contractor, says consultant Mike Hobbs

New malaria vaccines aim to move beyond reducing malaria disease and death to the longer-term goals of elimination and eradication, says Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham, Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at Kings College London, and Professor Trevor M Jones, founder member of Medicines for Malaria.

In his regular column, Opinionated, WHJ Publishing Director Steve Gardner reflects on some of the major issues facing the international healthcare sector. In this issue, are big ambitious projects possible? Or even deliverable?