This article is published in association with United Nations. With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating. In a Security Council meeting on Friday, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and Gaza, painted a grim picture […]‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
January 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating. In a Security Council meeting on Friday, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and Gaza, painted a grim picture […]Dispensing the growing burden of chronic disease: Nutrition, Mental health, and the performance of health system functions
March 23, 2022 by 3 Comments
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Sadia Khalid, Junior researcher, and a PhD candidate at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not […]Century challenge: inclusion of immigrants in the health system
July 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Amany Gonçalves Robaina, a 21 years old and medicine student at Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), in Blumenau, Santa Catarina – Brazil. She is affiliated to the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to […]Is there a drug for every disease?
December 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pharmaceutical firms in Europe have an awkward relation with their customers. The truth is that their selling prices and product licencing are directly or indirectly controlled by the buyers, that is governments, or government control health insurance schemes, offering almost free health services to citizens. As everybody knows governments are not only able to influence […]
