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As countries ramp-up COVID-19 tests, Edinburgh University researchers discuss the expectations and values of diagnostics, writes Aphaluck Bhatiasevi
“You cannot fight a fire blindfolded. And we cannot stop this pandemic if we don’t know who is infected. We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test.” WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the 16th March 2020 press briefing broadcasted live on social media. He demanded governments to test […]
Smita Srinivas: fractured economics and considerations for the COVID-19 vaccine market, by Ritti Soncco
The Innogen Institute is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the Open University to produce research and support innovation in a profitable, safe and societally useful manner. It builds, nationally and internationally, on fundamental and applied research in science, medicine, engineering and social science. In April, the Innogen Institute discussed Professor Smita Srinivas’s […]
Story of the image of the five-sectioned wheel of rebirth
Many teachers use images of the bhavacakra (wheel of rebirth, also referred to sometimes as samsāra-cakra) in class as way to prompt discussion. Here is a story of how these images came to exist. Note that it refers to a fivefold wheel, excluding the realm of the asuras (antigods, demons, demigods) that is sometimes added […]
Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/global-health-academy/2017/01/23/health-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-region/
The vast complexities of the Middle East and surrounding regions cannot be understood without bringing health into the battleground of analysis. In this context, the Global Health PhD Network organised the event “Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” on 28th of October, 2016 with the funding of the University of Edinburgh’s Global Health Academy. The […]
Calling for a stronger climate and health nexus within the UNFCCC
From 1-11th June I was part of the International Federation of Medical Students Association’s (IFMSA) delegation at the UNFCCC intersessional’s in Bonn. The IFMSA has been engaging diligently in the UNFCCC process for over 5 years working to reinforce the climate and health nexus within the negotiating text. Our efforts have been greatly appreciated by […]
October 10th 2013 - World Mental Health Day: Time for Action
Today celebrates World Mental Health Day, an initiative to raise awareness about mental health disorders worldwide, which was instigated by the World Federation for Mental Health and the World Health Organisation over two decades ago. The theme this year is ‘Mental Health and Older Adults’. Worldwide, the ageing population is increasing, with the current population […]
The Phenomenology of a Global Pandemic
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ed-decameron/the-phenomenology-of-a-global-pandemic/
Aerin Lai The global Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the fractures in society and illuminated how deadly racial, gender, class inequalities can be – not that we needed a pandemic to reveal how deep-seated and endemic these oppressive social structures are (if only people listened to sociologists more). As we emerge out of lockdown into phase two, […]
Empowering young women in my community
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/empowering-young-women-in-my-community/
To mark International Women’s Day, International Development MSc student and Mastercard Scholar, Teni Agana, shares her learnings from her work empowering 40 women and girls in her community in Northern Ghana. Content warning: mention of sexual assault My name is Teni Agana, but my friends call me Tenacious Teni, I am the founder and managing director of Loozeele Initiative. […]
Demand drives change: conducting a social responsibility audit at the University of Edinburgh
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2018/social-responsibility-audit/
Martin Samson, a 3rd year Economics and Psychology student, reflects on his recent participation in the Responsible Futures Auditing Programme which gave students the opportunity to audit the University’s social responsibility and sustainability practices. I volunteered for two days as a Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) auditor at the University of Edinburgh through a programme called […]
On black boxes, unknowns and achieving aims
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2016/on-black-boxes-unknowns-and-achieving-aims/
Over two days in December 2015, sixty-odd people gathered as part of a Social Responsibility and Sustainability Special Project Grant to discuss research around off-grid solar. This post reviews those discussions. “Academic scholarship is failing policy ambitions” – it was a strong statement with which to open the conference but Dr Rob Byrne’s words were to […]
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