Their education suffers, particularly for girls with nowhere to manage their periods, says Ada Oko-Williams It may not be the most glamourous of inventions, but the humble toilet saves lives […]
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Doctors of the World: a public health approach to ending the epidemic of gun violence in the US
Almost one year ago, on 14 February 2018, a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida entered the school armed with an array of semi-automatic weapons […]
Safe surgeries: how Doctors of the World are helping migrants access healthcare
A GP and volunteer for Doctors of the World discusses how the Safe Surgeries initiative supports general practices to provide care to patients, like refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, and […]
Ellen Waters: Achieving better mental health for vulnerable people in Greece
Doctors of the World is working to provide mental healthcare and psychosocial support to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, and Greek nationals […]
“When you have health, you have everything”—how we can improve access to healthcare for people seeking and refused asylum
The right to highest attainable physical and mental health is a universal human right that applies to everyone, regardless of immigration status. But sadly, in practice, many people face obstacles […]
Anna Miller: Withholding healthcare from undocumented migrants raises questions of human rights, dignity, and social justice
The ethics of withholding healthcare is an important debate that as a society we should be having […]
BMJ winter charity appeal: “Orbis was the platform from which I progressed”
The year was 1992 and the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital had landed at Chiang Mai International Airport in the north of Thailand. Its mission: to provide training and mentorship to […]
BMJ Christmas charity appeal: Orbis’s Flying Eye Hospital—going places where other charities often can’t
I think if I wasn’t an anaesthetist, I would have liked to have been a pilot. There are a lot of similarities between the two: in terms of responsibility, and […]
BMJ Christmas charity appeal: Bridging the gap in avoidable blindness
Tsenduren lives a nomadic life in Mongolia. He thought he was in his 70s and arrived at the Orbis Flying Eye hospital in his traditional clothes, having never visited the […]
Sarah Pickworth: Helping refugees in Greece
Doctors of the World has been helping refugees in various locations around Greece including Idomeni on the border with Macedonia. By early autumn around 10,000 refugees were pouring across this […]