The Lancet Student

The Lancet Student Recommends

James Orbinski’s new book ‘An Imperfect Offering’. James accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of MSF and has worked in conflicts in D.R.C, Somalia and Rwanda, amongst others.

This Week in The Lancet

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  • Volume 372
  • September 5, 2008

The Lancet Student Recommends

Monday, June 16th, 2008

James Orbinski’s new book ‘An Imperfect Offering’. James accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of MSF and has worked in conflicts in D.R.C, Somalia and Rwanda, amongst others.

Friday, May 30th, 2008

The 2008 Annual Report from Amnesty International which focuses on 60 years of the UN Convention on Human Rights and how we have all failed to live up to this standard

Monday, April 28th, 2008

A report from Human Rights Watch, Perpetual Minors, which documents how the human rights of Saudi women, including access to healthcare, are abused by the practice of Male Guardianship

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

A new report from the ILO describes how workplaces world-wide are collaborating with a programme to overcome discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

A new initiative, The Lancet Global Health Network, which aims to to scale-up The Lancet’s global health campaigns and create an archive of science for health and human development

Friday, April 4th, 2008

More children are receiving the AIDS treatment they need but there is still a long way to go according to joint report just released by WHO, UNAIDS, and UNICEF

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

An online course on violence prevention for health professionals by Medical Peace Work This multimedia course also details the peace role of the health professional

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

The  interview with Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet,  on YouTube where he talks about the issues facing today’s medical students

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

The situation in Gaza is the worst since 1967 according to a new report from a coalition of charities

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Why not add your face to the Million Faces campaign in support of a global arms trade treaty? Every year,  roughly half a million men, women, and children around the world are killed by armed violence.