What happens when a treatment has a 5% mortality rate and no one's making anything better? I recently finished reading Prof. Peter Kennedy's book 'The Fatal Sleep'. It tells the story of Human African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness). HAT is one of the WHO's neglected tropical diseases. The disease is complex, but in the late … Continue reading Did post-colonialism leave a drug vacuum?
Unbox and find a shared purpose
To put people into boxes is human. We commonly categorise people by nationality, ethnicity, age, hair colour, class, educational level, job etc. These categories, bring people together, but they also divide. So why don't we take ourselves out of these boxes, and instead, take a look at what makes us human and how we can … Continue reading Unbox and find a shared purpose
The essay that started it all
On a rainy February day, I received an e-mail from my university about the St Gallen Wings of Excellence Award. This award, gave you the opportunity to win an all expenses paid trip to the St Gallen Symposium and all you had to do was write an essay on the theme of Breaking the Status Quo: Your Disruptive … Continue reading The essay that started it all