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News Inadequate healthcare measurement puts patients at risk in Global South People across the Global South living with cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors may be missing potentially life-saving treatments because measures used to gauge their quality of healthcare are inadequate, a new study reveals.
Posted 18 January 2021 Birmingham maternity experts call for urgent action on pregnancy 'drug drought' Leaders in maternal healthcare have called for lifesaving research into pharmaceuticals for use during pregnancy, in a new report which highlights the challenges of pregnancy-related complications.
Posted 12 January 2021 Mali health project aims to save children from diarrhoea death University of Birmingham experts are leading a new project in Mali to reduce the fatal threat from diarrhoea to young children and help to improve their growth.
Posted 15 December 2020 Major award for a new national approach to improving clinical research in the NHS to benefit patient care Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Department of Health & Social Care, DaRe2THINK will develop an entirely new way to run large clinical trials for patient benefit in the NHS.