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Articles by Kitty Mohan
Lockdown, three years on: what have we learnt and what next?
The draft WHO pandemic accord that is currently being negotiated by member states provides a blueprint for effective pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery – compelling governments and non-state actors such as pharmaceutical companies to work in collaboration rather than competition, and supporting equitable access to medical counter-measures.
BMA Information Fund opens to applications
We firmly believe that health information is beneficial when it is relevant, appropriate, timely, up-to-date, accurate and accessible. Since the early 2000s, the BMA Information Fund has provided more than 355 donations of books and other information materials to health organisations in 72 countries worldwide. The titles have covered a plethora of issues and diseases, treatments, services, as well as the promotion and preservation of health.
Handbook of Refugee Health wins BMA Medical Book Awards
The BMA firmly believes everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of health and has long advocated for an inclusive and compassionate healthcare system that advances migrant health. In the face of toxic, anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric that surround migrants' rights today, we commend the health professionals, humanitarians and policy makers who work tirelessly to promote universal health coverage and improve migrant health globally.
Help combat threats to global health with the 2021 BMA Information Fund
2020 was a year like no other, and the health challenges facing the world’s population and the healthcare professionals who care for us have continued to grow while efforts have been focused on containing the spread of COVID-19. Many resources will be needed to effectively combat these threats to global health – one of the most critical is knowledge. We have seen over the course of the pandemic that misinformation among patients and healthcare workers can be as lethal as any pathogen.
Urgent action needed to make global vaccine equity a reality
Those who live in poverty and in crowded conditions, those whose work means they cannot avoid exposure to the virus and those who struggle to access healthcare have borne the brunt of illness and death. The health and wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people worldwide continues to be affected by disruption to healthcare services and the mental, physical and economic impact of government interventions to prevent uncontrolled spread of the virus.
BMA Information Fund
Applications are open The 2022 BMA Information Fund is now open for applications from 12 December 2022. The window to apply will remain open until 23 January 2023, or until a cap of 100 applications is reached. Who can apply? The following organisations could apply: healthcare institutions medical schools libraries health-focused non-governmental organisations and similar human rights and community development organisations involved in local capacity-building.
Doctors need support to speak out over care
Dr Blogs By Dr Kitty Mohan, co-chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee - November 20th, 2014 A GMC survey of doctors in training has found that almost one in ten had been bullied. Here’s the BMA response: Doctors have a duty to speak out about concerns over care, but they need the support of the organisations they work for to feel empowered to do so.
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