When is a pandemic NOT a pandemic?
Every March 24th is World TB Day but there’s a good chance it will get even less of a mention than ever in the media this year, and this...
We're really trying to make sense of TB in India
The WHO’s most recent Global TB Report reckons that probably over a quarter of the world’s annual new TB cases are occurring in India....
WHO TB Report 2020 – so much fresh cause for concern yet no real alarm call! Is anybody out there?
A week ago the WHO published its latest annual report on the global state of tuberculosis. This one reports on the year 2019 – in other...
Oct 15 – Global Handwashing Day (really it is!)
Global Handwashing Day was founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership in 2008 as an opportunity to “design and implement creative ways...
The elephant and the blind men, and Black Lives Matter.
Warning: this blog may (and should) leave you both angry and disturbed. It’ also different one from any other in that it focuses on a...
What about Vitamin K too?
Before (or after) reading this blog we do recommend you read the previous blog about Vitamin D. Let's first be clear, though, about where...
The Vitamin (that is not a vitamin) in the time of COVID
Please note: because we feel that the contents of this blog may be so important, we have decided to republish it including some small ...
World TB Day 2020 - and it's a very different one...
Today (march 24th) is World TB day and it feels very different this year. It's because of COVID -19, of course – which is another...
Can moxa help protect us from COVID-19?
SARS Cov-2 ... COVID-19 ... nCoV19… whatever it’s called, can we help protect ourselves from it with moxa? - How dangerous is it, for...
‘Combatte Kudasai!’
Last week a friend and long-time supporter sent us a significant donation with this curious tag ‘combatte kudasai’.