Conflict zones, women’s health research, and reimagining palliative care

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

In this episode, we speak to the doctor overseeing the WHO’s emergency response for the eastern mediterranean region - including Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan and Yemen. Richard Brennan joins us to talk about protecting health services, and workers, in the escalating armed conflicts that are affecting the region.

Menaka Paranathala and Emma Rourke, from The BMJ, are on to talk about improving research into women’s health. A new UK project, MESSAGE, aims to give consideration to sex and gender in life science research.

Palliative care is not just for end-of-life, and rethinking how it’s integrated into every speciality is the key to improving care for patients, argue Richard Harding, Anna Peeler, and Oladayo Afolabi from the Cicely Saunders Institute.

Links

• WISH report - Protecting Health in Armed Conflict
• MESSAGE (Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity) project
• BMJ Opinion - Palliative care is an overlooked global health priority
• WISH report - Palliative Care