Brain technologies are all the rage these days. Entrepreneurs are selling wearable devices in the open marketplace with claims of benefits to memory, attention and concentration. Neurosurgeons and psychiatrists are exploring new ways and further developing old invasive ones to intervene in the brains of people with major mental illnesses whose conditions are resistant to conventional drug therapy.
As the Ebola outbreak in the DRC rages on, a leading expert urges the deployment of unconventional approaches. BY: Mosoka Fallah, Harvard Medical School The Ebola virus is again terrorising an African nation. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to spread after it first appeared 10 months ago. By mid-May, …
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some Read More »
The news report was framed as political analysis. Hidden within the enchanting intrigue of real life compelling political gossip, was a number. Though nested within the newscaster’s rumblings, it stood out – two hundred billion Kenyan shillings. This figure has been regurgitated over and again in recent times. From a time in the preceding months …
Having echoed the reflexive, participatory spirit of The Final Rule ,today we seek to detail the emerging realities of life in the 21st century. We detail phenomenon brought on by the fourth industrial revolution that make human subject research this century dramatically different. Remarkably so to warrant authoring of the final rule. In order to …
Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Force Behind 21st Century Health Research Read More »
Ethical dilemmas that arise during the conduct of research involving humans subjects- social, behavioral, collaborative or transdisciplinary health research- are the bread and butter of health research ethics. Health research ethics, in my books, is the delicate balance of the altruistic demands of science on those individuals and communities who elect to assume risk; and …
Two years ago, possibly almost to date, it was crunch time at the offices of Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union, KMPDU, spread across the republic. Secretary General Dr. Ouma Oluga and Co., the infamous CBA7, faced the unenviable twin task of marshaling their troops whilst minding their own state for the hell ride ahead. …
18 Hours Film Beyond AAMVA Awards, A Damning Indictment Of Health Activism in Kenya Read More »
I love my bartender. He hands me stuff. I pay for it. Then boom! My worldview shifts, flirting with the uncanny as my troubles scamper from sight. They melt into the darkness, to surface only at a distance just far enough that I barely make the glow of their eyes. They whimper, lost in the …
Dear Kenyans, NHIF Supa Cover Is Not Universal Health Care Read More »
With WHO and the Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Health reaching an agreement on the use of Merc’s experimental Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest battle with the hemorrhagic disease, the reaction across health and the press is understandably muted. Ebola in Africa There was Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia before …
Questions As Merc’s Experimental Ebola Vaccine Heads To The Democratic Republic of Congo Read More »