Building Inclusive Digital Health Systems: WHO’s New Strategic Partnership
The digital transformation of healthcare is reshaping how systems operate, creating both opportunities and challenges for equitable health outcomes. In response, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched the Strategic Partnership for Data and Digital Health, a...
Acknowledging the 2024 Declaration of Helsinki to Advance Inclusion and Participant Protection in Clinical Research
The recent revision of the Declaration of Helsinki, adopted at the 2024 General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) in Helsinki, represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of ethical standards for medical research involving human participants. This...
Long COVID in Children and Teenagers
The PostAcute Sequelae of SARSCoV-2 (PASC) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread devastation, with the immediate and short-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection now well described. While most people recover, many experience longer-lasting effects known as long...
Development of Global Precision Medicine: Pharmalys Ltd at the EU-Africa PerMed Workshop 2024
EU-Africa PerMed (Building Links Between Europe and Africa in Personalised* Medicine) is an international project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. Its goal is to integrate more African countries into the global Precision Medicine (PM)...