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Vienna: The rise & fall of a medical university

By rjoshimgims May 22, 2023Health concepts8 Comments

Index Home Till early 1900s, Vienna was a leading centre for medical education. Ranked after Paris, and Berlin Medical University of Vienna had brought many innovations. University was so prestigious, that…

Conflict, peace and health

By rjoshimgims April 28, 2023Health concepts, Misc12 Comments

Index Home Conflict affects health (and vice-versa) Conflicts disrupt health systems. They not only overwhelm health-facilities with wounds and injuries, they also disrupt supply chain of medical supplies. Further, health-care workers,…

World Health Organization: Philately @75

By rjoshimgims April 28, 2023Health care delivery, Health concepts, Misc5 Comments

Birthday commemorations for WHO After the end of the second world war, victorious nations agreed to form an organisation, that could prevent a third-world war. When the ward ended in…

A Toast at birth, but stranded at fifty-five

By rjoshimgims April 26, 2023Health care organizations7 Comments

Index Home This is not a blog about mid-life crisis. Neither is it about a disease. Rather, it is about a modern structure. Nations anticipated its birth for seven long years.…

International philanthropies in health: How were they named?

By rjoshimgims April 23, 2023Health care organizations9 Comments

Index Home Earliest faith based charities Philanthropy is often related to religion. Before 1900s church was a base for most international charities. These derived their name from a saint. For instance,…

Slithering serpents and health-care

By rjoshimgims April 16, 2023Health concepts, Misc12 Comments

Index Home Towards the end of 20th century, JK Rowling created Harry Potter. Slytherin was one of its four houses. This house had serpent as a symbol, and its inmates were…

Story behind world’s first international health organisation

By rjoshimgims April 10, 2023Health care organizations14 Comments

It was 1870. A mysterious disease had struck Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Men and women would develop fever, muscle pains, yellow eyes, and would die as their liver would…

Global recognition of Child rights

By rjoshimgims April 6, 2023Health care facilities, Health concepts8 Comments

Index Home Child rights are less than a 100 years old Children have rights, and today all countries recognise them. Firstly, all children have a right to education. All governments…

Mission immunisation and polio eradication

By rjoshimgims March 26, 2023Health care delivery, Health concepts, Medical Diseases9 Comments

Home Index Today polio stands eliminated from all but two countries in the world. India was declared to have eliminated polio in the year 2014. Ten years later about 65 odd…

Two tools for child survival: ORS & Growth charts

By rjoshimgims March 17, 2023Health care delivery, Tools in Health8 Comments

Home Index Two ubiquitous child-survival tools, oral rehydration solutions (ORS) and growth charts, are less than 50 years old. Both of these tools are simple, intuitive, and logical. In the 1980s,…