Articles
We are delighted to publish articles written for you and by you, particularly on global health issues and we select the best ones to publish here. For more information about what we are looking for and for our guidelines on what makes a good article, worthy of publication, please go to Write for Us then send your submissions to us at student@lancet.com
Access to essential medicines
- 09/05/2008 Inequalities in Human Resources for Health – an interview with the medical relief charity, Merlin
- 14/01/2008 Influences on Prescribing in Primary Care
- 04/12/2007 Live in Fear or Die in Pain: access to pain relief for patients with cancer
Activism
- 04/12/2007 What doctors and medical students can do to help combat climate change
- 29/11/2007 Profile: Hugh Montgomery
- 29/11/2007 Young people as the leaders of today
Alcohol
AMSA
- 05/06/2008 Medical students on a mission to change the world: a continuing journey
- 14/05/2008 Student Action in a New Integrative Medicine Model
- 24/04/2008 Outreach Clinic: Real Worlds Colliding
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Cancer
- 04/12/2007 Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination: Promoting the Fight Against Cervical Cancer in the US
- 15/10/2007 Prostate cancer screening: is a national approach justified?
- 08/10/2007 Reducing the burden of cervical cancer in the developing world
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Cardiovascular disease
Chronic diseases (general)
- 04/06/2008 The Epidemiology and Treatment of Parkinson’s disease
- 25/01/2008 The implications of epidemiologic transition in sub-Saharan Africa
Climate Change
Conflict
- 06/03/2008 The situation in Gaza
- 16/11/2007 Conflict and Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 31/10/2007 Food Security and the occupied Palestinian territories
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Diabetes
- 17/04/2008 The global diabetes epidemic 3: access to essential medicine
- 23/01/2008 The global diabetes epidemic 2: eye disease
- 19/12/2007 The global diabetes epidemic part 1: foot disease
Emergencies and Disasters
- 11/02/2008 Disaster medicine: the birth of a specialty?
- 12/12/2007 The struggle for health after cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
- 22/08/2007 The emergency response to the Interstate 35W collapse in Minneapolis: medical students in action
Ethics (of practice)
- 04/07/2008 The Height of Medical Hubris
- 07/01/2008 The Pharmaceutical Industry and its influence on doctors and medical students
- 29/11/2007 Equality and Diversity Awareness in Undergraduate Medical Education
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Genetics
- 02/07/2008 The Human Epigenome Project
GHEC
- 06/06/2008 Improving Access to Medicines for Heart Disease in Poor Countries: A Student-Led Campaign
- 06/06/2008 Children Survivors of Displacment and War in Northern Uganda: A Cohort Study of the Itinerant "Night Commuters" and the Importance of Shelter and Security
Global poverty
- 06/11/2007 The impact of poverty on health in Nepal
Health and Human Rights
- 21/08/2007 The Global Compact: Human Rights protection or Marketing tool?
- 21/08/2007 The Cost-Effectiveness and Public Health implications of Screening for Tuberculosis in Immigrants
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Health care
- 13/12/2007 User fees: A necessary evil?
- 13/12/2007 Cuban doctors in Bolivia: Help or Hindrance?
- 07/12/2007 Obstetric Fistula: complexities of health care shortage
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HIV/AIDS
- 04/06/2008 The Battle for HIV Truth in South Africa
- 28/02/2008 HIV in Senegal: Religion and Responsibility
- 27/02/2008 HIV/AIDS in Mombasa, Kenya
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IFMSA
- 14/03/2008 The Monterrey Declaration on the Fundamental Right to Health
- 14/03/2008 The IFMSA Declaration on Migration of Healthcare Professionals
Infections
- 20/06/2008 Measles: The continued threat of a preventable disease
- 28/03/2008 MRSA: a growing global problem
Malaria
medical school experiences
- 23/05/2008 “The Last Free Summer”
- 18/02/2008 Teddy Bear Hospital
- 14/01/2008 Global health in the Medical Curriculum
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Mental Health
- 15/10/2007 Medical students and the rebuilding of psychiatric services in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami
Migration (including health workers)
- 28/03/2008 Migration and health
neglected diseases (tropical)
- 26/10/2007 37 Million and Counting
Neurology
- 16/03/2008 Migraine: An expensive headache to the world
- 08/02/2008 Childhood epilepsies
- 04/12/2007 Neurology, neurological disorders and neurologists
Nutrition
- 04/06/2008 The Global Burden of Iron Deficiency
Ophthalmology/ Blindness
- 12/03/2008 Avoidable blindness in Sub-Saharan Africa
Perspectives
- 20/06/2008 The Broader Implications of the "Epidemiologic Transition"
- 13/06/2008 Trouble in paradise
- 06/06/2008 Describing the elephant
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Profiles
- 05/06/2008 Living the dream: an interview with De Neptune
- 28/03/2008 Profile: John Petri - the Dual Operator
- 28/03/2008 Profile: Rory O'Connor
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Surgery
TB
- 04/04/2008 MDR-TB: An emerging global threat
- 28/02/2008 Tuberculosis in the UK and Malaysia
- 07/12/2007 Tuberculosis treatment and patient-provider partnerships
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Techology
- 25/01/2008 One Laptop Per Child Project Expansion