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Students for Global Health UCL

Dec 18, 2015
2 min

The Paris Agreement

Current commitments on greenhouse gas emissions run out in 2020. So what next? Well just last week, governments of more than 190 nations...

Students for Global Health UCL

Dec 11, 2015
2 min

The UK: Our Sugar Problem

2015 has seen the war against sugar come to the forefront of the public health agenda in the UK. From the Change for Life ‘sugar swap’...

Students for Global Health UCL

Dec 4, 2015
2 min

Anti-Retrovirals: Is Access Universal?

As we come to the end of Positively Red Week, we must remember that the fight against HIV/AIDs is not yet over. One of the biggest issues...

Students for Global Health UCL

Nov 27, 2015
1 min

World AIDS Day 2015: The Time to Act is Now!

Since being first identified in 1984, HIV/AIDs has claimed the lives of over 35 million people. Yet the pandemic is far from over....

Students for Global Health UCL

Nov 27, 2015
2 min

Food for Thought: Is Quinoa really just a Bonafide Superfood?

Until a few years ago, I can bet most of you hadn't even heard of quinoa. Whilst this once secret grain has been grown and consumed in...

Students for Global Health UCL

Nov 6, 2015
2 min

Sex Workers: Do they have rights?

March 3rd: International Sex Workers Rights Day.Since 2001, this day has been important in the diary of sex workers across the world. It...

Students for Global Health UCL

Oct 30, 2015
2 min

Why are we ending bilateral aid to India?

India was once the biggest recipient of British foreign aid. But by the end of this year, the UK will be ending its provision of...

Students for Global Health UCL

Oct 22, 2015
2 min

Big Pharma: Friend or Foe?

In terms of global health actors, ‘big pharma’ is one of the big names on the block. It’s the nickname given to the pharmaceutical...

Students for Global Health UCL

Oct 15, 2015
2 min

Global Health Governance: A 'Who's Who" of Global Health (Part 2)

Welcome back to this two-part series on ‘whos who’ in global health! With an ever increasing plurality of actors on the global health...

Students for Global Health UCL

Oct 8, 2015
2 min

Global Health Governance: A "Who's Who" of Global Health (Part 1)

The UN In our world of ever changing health risks and increasing globalisation, there has never been a more pressing need for health...

Students for Global Health UCL

Oct 1, 2015
2 min

What is Global Health?

‘Global Health’ is one of those terms, like culture or ethnicity that no-one really knows how to define.I’m sure to most people, the...

Students for Global Health UCL

Sep 25, 2015
2 min

An Introduction into Who We Are and What We Do

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has”...

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