AID [This post has been published in Spanish in 3.500 millones-El País] The right to health is a fundamental human right that is not dependent on the possession of a passport The right to health is a fundamental human right that is not dependent on the possession of a...
Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health [This post has been published in Spanish in Planeta Futuro-El País] Nine out of ten adolescents live in the developing world There are 1.2 billion people aged between 10 and 19 years in the world today. These young people make up 8% of the world population and current...
HIV/Aids This post was written by Nadiya Matskiv, an internal medicine specialist at Hospital San Rafael in Madrid (Spain), and Antonio Rueda Martinez , a resident in dermatology and venerology at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon in Madrid. A recent UNAIDS publication reveals a...
Communications La edición 2017 del Campus Gutenberg , una escuela de verano dedicada a la comunicación y cultura científica que se celebra en Barcelona, se inició con una mesa redonda sobre las nuevas oportunidades de la comunicación ambiental . Maria Josep Picó, periodista especializada en medio...
Environmental Health [This article has been published in Spanish in Planeta Futuro - El País, on the occasion of the Car-Free Day] Most of us take moving around for granted . We readily assume that governments will plan and build so that we can get to work, take our kids to school, and have access to...
Malaria ,Zika Vector-borne diseases make up 17% of all infectious diseases worldwide , causing 700,000 deaths every year and around 250,000 if we exclude malaria. Vector-borne diseases make up 17% of all infectious diseases worldwide, causing 700,000 deaths every year In recent years, we...
Epidemiology What is it? A baby born in Spain in 1900 could hope to live an average of 35 years. In 2011, he/she can expect to live up to 82 years, more than twice. Over the last two centuries, not only the life expectancy has doubled (or even tripled) across the world. The...
Malaria ,Zika Mosquitoes do have a beautiful side too. You just need to look closer at them On World Mosquito Day (August 20) , we can all read how deadly mosquitoes are. And yes, they are –by far– the number one killer , so I guess that is why they deserve their own special day. But...
Written by Jose Muñoz and Natalia Rodríguez (ISGlobal) The real problems are caused by much smaller animals: arthropods As specialists working in the field of tropical medicine, we see some very strange medical cases in our practice, including patients who have been attacked by...
Malaria In mid-2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) adopted one of the most ambitious malaria eradication programmes ever, a strategy covering the period from 2016 to the end of 2030. The main objective of this programme is to eliminate malaria from 35 countries and to reduce the number of...
