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News Birmingham experts deliver remote training to make maternity triage safer during COVID-19 Maternity units are adopting the Birmingham Symptom specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS)
The Birmingham Brief Altruism and solidarity - An argument for wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic
22/05/2020 The Conversation: A new global health pattern: longer life for the poor, with more ailments
23/04/2020 Birmingham Brief: Altruism and solidarity - An argument for wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic
Posted 22 May 2020 The Conversation: A new global health pattern: longer life for the poor, with more ailments Professor Justine Davies and Maria Odland write for The Conversation on how the number of older people in lower income countries is growing and how these countries' health systems might not be able to cope.
Posted 14 May 2020 Three Birmingham Professors announced as Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows Three professors from the University of Birmingham have been named among the UK's most prominent biomedical and health scientists by the Academy of Medical Sciences in its prestigious list of Fellows.
Posted 05 May 2020 Birmingham experts deliver remote training to make maternity triage safer during COVID-19 Birmingham experts are delivering remote training for maternity units on how to make triage safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted 23 April 2020 Birmingham Brief: Altruism and solidarity - An argument for wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic Professor KK Cheng, Director of the Institute of Applied Health Research, writes on the much debated issue of the use of face masks during the COVID-19 crisis.