Family planning in conflict
Adequate access to reproductive health services can be a permanent issue in countries where healthcare systems are already sub-optimal, but this becomes… Read more »
Latest posts by Kim West (see all)
- Family planning in conflict - 11th August 2011
- European Consultation on Scientific Information in the digital age - 20th July 2011
- Aiding recovery from critical illness - 2nd June 2011
European Consultation on Scientific Information in the digital age
The European Commission (EC) has announced a consultation on ‘scientific information in the digital age’. The consultation is running until 9th… Read more »
Aiding recovery from critical illness
Guest blog from Christina Jones, winner of the Medicine Award at the BioMed Central 5th Annual Research Awards for her article ‘Intensive care diaries reduce… Read more »
On the unbearable lightness of mandatory data sharing
Guest blog by Tommi Nyman (Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland), Winner of the Open Data Award at the BioMed Central 5th Annual Research Awards… Read more »
Open Access Africa: A Brief Report
Guest blog post by Pablo de Castro, Carlos III University Madrid, Spain A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the first Open Access Africa… Read more »
World AIDS Day 2010
Today marks the 23rd annual World AIDS Day, an event implemented by UNAIDS to raise aware of the global AIDS pandemic. There are currently 33.3 million… Read more »
Open Access in Africa
Despite its vast population, only 0.7% of research findings come from Sub-Saharan Africa. A large factor being that accessibility to a wealth of… Read more »