The Lion's Face
The Opera Group collaborates with the Institute of Psychiatry on ‘The Lion’s Face’, a new opera about dementia.
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Over £14m funding awarded to link climate and health data in a global digital platform
The world’s largest health information management system has been awarded funding to integrate climate and health data to help predict health impacts of climate change.
Wellcome Image Awards: a story beyond every picture
The Wellcome Image Awards 2011, celebrating the most striking and technically excellent images acquired by the Wellcome Images picture library in the past 18 months, were…
Counterfeit and substandard antimalaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa, experts warn
Hopes of at last controlling malaria in Africa could be dashed by the emergence of poor-quality and fraudulent antimalarial medicines, warn experts writing in ‘Malaria…
Wellcome Collection explores Art in Global Health
A ground-breaking new project from Wellcome Collection, Art in Global Health, is bringing artists and scientists together in six Wellcome Trust-funded research programmes…
Low- and middle-income countries
Some of our funding is open to applicants based in low- or middle-income countries. Review a list of countries with low-income or middle-income economies, compiled by the…
Seed wins $500,000 Developing Beyond Video games final
A virtual reality plant breeding game won $150,000 yesterday evening when judges led by Susan Calman chose Seed by All Seeing Eye to win Developing Beyond, a $500,000 year-…
Wellcome Trust to provide financial support for science journalism students
The Wellcome Trust is to offer financial support for two students per year for three years to undertake a postgraduate qualification in science journalism at City University…
The problem with ethnicity categories in UK health data
Ethnicity categories in UK healthcare are inconsistent and not always accurate. This has real-world consequences, like how we estimate the risks of Covid-19 for different…
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Grace Annan-Callcott
New report sets out options for fostering transparent and competitive market for open access publishing
A new report published today identifies options through which funders can help ensure that the rapidly growing open access market delivers high-quality services and value for…
Is the world running out of freshwater?
As the climate crisis intensifies, it shrinks and contaminates the water we rely on. We need to act now to reduce the existing and emerging threat that this poses to our…
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Simge Eva Dogan
Fake antimalarial drugs analysis highlights threat to global health
A unique collaboration between scientists, public health workers and police has led to the arrest by the Chinese authorities of alleged traders of fake antimalarial drugs in…
Drug-resistant malaria has spread to critical border regions of South-east Asia
Drug-resistant malaria parasites have spread to critical border regions of South-east Asia, seriously threatening global malaria control and elimination programmes, according…
Chapter 5: Attitudes to vaccines
This is chapter 5 of the Wellcome Global Monitor 2018.
Chapter 1: Covid-19's uneven impact around the world
Wellcome Global Monitor 2020 Chapter 1
Why we still haven’t stopped cholera
Why have attempts to get it under control failed? Rose George reports on an outbreak that went on far longer than anyone expected.
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Rose George
Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic
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- Jane Palmer
Leading psychiatrist calls for roll-out of lay counselling to tackle massive burden of harmful drinking and depression in India
Leading Indian psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel has published two studies today in The Lancet1 that he argues provide strong evidence for the roll out of lay counselling…
Wellcome Trust sets out long-term vision for research excellence in sub-Saharan Africa
A new long-term vision to develop the next generation of African health researchers has been announced today with an initial £40 million five-year commitment from the…
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