Apr 17, 2024
In these past few years, where mHealth has shown the upmost potential has been in developing countries. These areas share some particularities that make mHealth and telemedicine particularly efficient: low physician density (see the WHO Atlas), scarce medical resources and, at the same time, a huge amount of mobile users. In fact, mHealth could hold the key to self-management and disease prevention. We have already explored this possibility on regards to TB, but is it translatable to malaria?
Mar 19, 2024
March 24 will be World Tuberculosis Day, a disease often forgotten by Western governments and media due to being more dominant in poor countries.
Feb 13, 2025
Since it was first identified in 1981, people affected by HIV/AIDS have had not only to battle the virus and its vast symptoms, but the stigma and intolerance that would come from their peers. Although it is currently one of "the most severe epidemics in modern history" (as described per the Why We Fight exhibition about HIV activism at the New York Public Library), activists have been fighting for years to destigmatise HIV and challenge people's perception about it.
Dec 30, 2024
Now it is finally possible to take a picture of your skin with your smartphone, send it to your dermatologist and receive a diagnostic, all in a short period of time. But can teledermatology replace face-to-face consultations with a specialist? There is no clear-cut answer to this question, although it is true that in some instances an online appointment is enough to do a preliminary assessment that will help determine the gravity of the problem.
Nov 21, 2024
Have matchmaking sites and mobile apps caused an increase on the contagion of sexually transmitted diseases? The answer to this question is quite clear: Yes. This is what studies like Surveillance Report. Sexually transmitted diseases in Europe are reporting. Even doctors and users of these platforms agree that it is true, because they facilitate the access to sexual encounters.
Nov 21, 2024
Did you know that obesity has doubled in the last thirty years? According to data provided by WHO, obesity is not only becoming increasingly prevalent, but seems to be the number one health risk of the 21st century in developing countries.
