HIV AIDS - the Global Responsibilities
The AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa is not merely a challenge for the nations it affects directly - there are responsibilities for the rest of the world The OpenLearn team.First published on Wed, 16...
View ArticleGender and Disease
Course extract from Preparing For Development - Gender and Disease The OpenLearn team.First published on Thu, 08 Jul 2004 as Gender and Disease. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn...
View ArticlePatterns of disease - looking at the evidence
Course extract from Preparing For Development - Patterns of Disease - Looking at the Evidence The OpenLearn team.First published on Thu, 08 Jul 2004 as Patterns of disease - looking at the evidence. To...
View ArticleWhat Do We Mean By Health?
Course extract from Preparing For Development - What Do We Mean By Health? The OpenLearn team.First published on Thu, 08 Jul 2004 as What Do We Mean By Health?. To find out more visit The Open...
View ArticleCounting the crisis - in the UK
If you put HIV AIDS statistics UK into Google, it returns a list of about 173,000 web pages - over three pages for each of the 50,000 or so people living with HIV/AIDS in the UK. How is anyone to make...
View ArticleCounting The Crisis - Worldwide
Counting the numbers of people with HIV infection in a country like the UK can be relatively simple. Tracking the numbers worldwide calls for a broader approach. Discover who's Counting The Crisis...
View ArticleWhy is childbirth a medical procedure?
Sarah Earle examines the developing degree of medical intervention in birth Dr Sarah Earle.First published on Wed, 16 Feb 2005 as Why is childbirth a medical procedure?. To find out more visit The Open...
View ArticleDisasters don't have maps
Joyce's response to the final lecture of the 2005 series of Reith lectures Dr Joyce Fortune.First published on Wed, 04 May 2005 as Disasters don't have maps. To find out more visit The Open...
View ArticleAcupuncture
Rosey Grandage explores the history of acupuncture's relationship with Western medicine Rosey Grandage.First published on Thu, 11 Aug 2005 as Acupuncture. To find out more visit The Open University's...
View ArticleEthical Science
Can science be ethical as well as innovative? Should it even try? Barbara Brockbank considers the issues. Barbara Brockbank.First published on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 as Ethical Science. To find out more...
View ArticleUganda's HIV response
Doreen Kibuka-Musoke explores how Uganda coped with the millions of families hit by HIV-AIDS Doreen Kibuka-Musoke.First published on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 as Uganda's HIV response. To find out more visit...
View ArticleWorld Health Day
Thursday 7th April 2016 is World Health Day. The main goals of the 2016 campaign are to increase awareness about the rise in diabetes and its staggering burden and consequences. The OpenLearn...
View ArticleCan rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
The World Health Organisation wants rabies eradicated from Asia in the next five years. They've got an uphill struggle, reports Mary-Rose Abraham. Mary-Rose Abraham.First published on Tue, 25 Aug 2015...
View ArticleWhy ‘sugar-free’ is not recommended as a substitute for sugary drinks and foods
Should children be consuming artificial sweeteners? And, furthermore, what research supports or discourages the consumption of 'sugar-free' products? Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden.First published on Fri, 22...
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