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International/Opinion/Stories

The days of small things

...I sensed that they also lived in a different dimension of time. The soft chattering of the patients waiting and sitting on the grass outside the clinic had an unhurried acceptance of just waiting. Storied reflection from rural general practice in South

5 May 2025
11 mins read
International

Separated by distance but never in heart; Covid-19 in India

For so many of us this has been a hard, even a heartbreaking time. But let us also remember the people of India, and especially our colleagues in the UK who have family there and are seeking creative ways of helping them.

27 July 2021
7 mins read
International

Director of Myanmar’s Covid vaccination programme tests positive for Covid whilst in prison

Dr Htar Htar Lin, the Director of Myanmar Immunisation Program who led Myanmar’s COVID Vaccination Campaign, has been found to be positive for COVID infection whilst in prison. This article highlights the ongoing concerns around the arbitrary arrests of our colleagues in

20 July 2021
5 mins read
1
International

Project empathy: a response to the healthcare crisis in Myanmar

Healthcare in Myanmar is still in crisis. Jim Brockbank brings us an update.

28 May 2021
19 mins read
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International

COVID-19 in a cash strapped and poorly governed country – a year later

Covid is like a stress test for national governance. Jihane Naous and Basem Saab update their previous report from Lebanon, where they're not doing so well.

10 March 2021
9 mins read
International

Global primary care: the privilege of being in the NHS

During the wintry January and February months, I had the pleasure of spending three tropical weeks in the vibrant city of Lagos, Nigeria. My experiences were enjoyable and enlightening, however I increasingly became aware of the power of the NHS and the

27 July 2020
7 mins read
2
Coronavirus/International

Last haircut in Amwaj — COVID-19 in Bahrain

Bahrain is a sparkling jewel of an island, much less bling than Dubai, much more laid back and tolerant than many places in this region. Bahrain is coping remarkably well with Covid. But the two big challenges are the 2,000 Bahrainis returning

30 April 2020
7 mins read
Coronavirus/International

Waiting for the perfect wave — an Australian perspective on COVID-19

Australia now has one of the flattest COVID-19 curves in the world, one of the lowest death rates. Maybe much of our success is based again on luck. The response of the government to the epidemic was initially a little lethargic, but

27 April 2020
5 mins read
International

Caring for refugees in Europe – can kindness overcome hostility?

Naomi Adelson is a GP working in Birmingham. e probably make an unusual sight at the side of the river: four 20-something women, carrying mud-spattered rucksacks, scrambling over the wall and into the refugee camp. We edge our way along the narrow

11 February 2020
7 mins read
1
International

A Scottish elective: a view from Lebanon

Rana El-Jarrah is a third year medical postgraduate trainee in family medicine at the American University of Beirut. She volunteered in mobile clinics to refugee camps in Lebanon. She is interested in primary care refugee health and social medicine. Editor: Rana offers

1 November 2019
9 mins read
International/Opinion

Palliative care in its broadest sense: Indian style

Philippa Jeacocke is an ST3 GP trainee in Sheffield. She has just returned from a year out of training, during which she worked in a variety of settings exploring her interests in refugee heath and palliative care. Nandika has a huge, beaming

17 October 2019
7 mins read
Tour de France float with giant green cyclist
International

How to manage the Tour de France

David Misselbrook was a South London GP for 30 years. He was involved with GP training, CPD development and medical ethics. He now teaches Family Medicine and ethics for RCSI Bahrain. Sometimes we find ourselves in South West France when the Tour

15 August 2019
10 mins read
International

Vasco da Gama exchange to Switzerland

Patricia Schartau is a ST4 academic clinical fellow in Primary Care at King’s College London and in the Royal Free Hospital VTS Training Scheme, with a specialist interest in men’s health & eHealth. I was chosen by the Vasco Da Gama Movement

21 June 2019
8 mins read
3
International

GPs at the Deep End: International Bulletin No. 1

From its beginnings in Scotland, the Deep End movement of general practitioners serving deprived communities has spread to similar projects in Ireland, Yorkshire/Humber, Greater Manchester and Canberra, Australia. To share their local experiences, views, activities and plans, an international bulletin has been

6 June 2019
1 min read
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International/Opinion

Living in “The Citadel” in Sierra Leone

Michael Bryant is a GP who splits his time between South Wales and West Africa, where he works in paediatrics and as a medical educator. A J Cronin’s classic novel The Citadel is often credited as being partially responsible for the founding

15 March 2019
9 mins read
2
Muddy refugee camp
International

The Rohingya refugee camps – what you don’t hear on the news

Richard Armitage splits his time between general practice in the East Midlands and humanitarian work across the world. He blogs at www.drricharmitage.com In August 2018 I took time away from my salaried position in the East Midlands to volunteer with the NGO Doctors

7 November 2018
13 mins read
1
International/Opinion

Reflections on Moria: a shameful humanitarian crisis

Philippa Jeacocke is a GP trainee in Sheffield currently taking a year Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) between ST2 and ST3 to further explore her interest in refugee health and palliative care. In August 2018 I spent a month working as a

9 October 2018
14 mins read
5
International

Incorporating global health into your primary care life

The authors are current and former members of the RCGP Junior International Committee; Sonia Tsukagoshi (chair) Katrina Whalley (former National Exchange Coordinator, NEC) and Bernadeta Bridgwood (current NEC). Global health is an important area of primary care which is infiltrating general practice across the

29 June 2018
12 mins read
International

Delphi and the current path of Western culture

I have just come back from the centre of the world. Not the centre of the earth of course. No, in ancient times the centre of the world was reckoned to be Delphi. This claim was evidence based. If we do not

7 June 2018
10 mins read
2
International

Gulf culture, social eating and health

Bahrain has sometimes been called a string of shopping malls calling itself a country. This is quite a blinkered view. Bahrain is in fact a string of shopping malls and restaurants calling itself a country. Does it matter if we don’t eat

5 March 2018
8 mins read
2
International

A GP volunteer experience in Nepal with Raleigh International

Karan Ghatora is a GP with interests in pre-hospital and aerospace medicine. Rachna Patel is a GP interested in new experiences, constant learning and development. Namaste! We were GPs looking to provide medical support for a worthwhile cause, whilst furthering our personal

8 February 2018
5 mins read
International

First world problems

Summer in the Gulf gets quite warm. “Trailing spouses” (yes, that is the official visa term from the Ministry of Labour) tend to migrate north for the summer. Those of us working have to dash from one air conditioned environment to another.

30 October 2017
8 mins read
1
International

Volunteering to be Different

Kirsty Wooff, having spent her foundation years in Glasgow, took an ‘FY3’ year to travel and volunteer in Malawi and Nepal. Travelling for eight months… A once in a lifetime opportunity. Eight months and nine countries. But what has it done for

17 October 2017
12 mins read
1
International/Opinion

General practice in Scotland and Australia: the experience of two GPs

Jane Gall and Derek Wooff, are both general practitioners who worked in Stranraer, Scotland for 26 years and have been working in Shepparton Medical Centre for the last 6 years. General practice is a good job. It uses knowledge, experience, judgement and

2 March 2017
14 mins read
International/Opinion

BJGP Blog Christmas charity: Help Malawi medics this Christmas

Perhaps you are thinking of giving of some money to charity rather than sending Christmas cards or maybe you want to give a different type of gift package. Or maybe you’d  just like to support a worthy cause. UK registered charity Medic

15 December 2016
7 mins read
International

Tales of the Saudi causeway

The island Kingdom of Bahrain, sits like a hotter, sandier version of the Isle of Wight in the sparkling blue waters of the Arabian Gulf. It is joined to the Saudi mainland by a 25 kilometer causeway. There is a certain soap

25 August 2016
6 mins read
1
International

The blue pyjama brigade: primary care in Lesotho

Here at RCSI Bahrain our students wear blue scrubs to hospital attachments, but it’s a long time since I have been in scrubs. With some trepidation I had agreed to take four final year RCSI students to work for a fortnight in

3 July 2016
5 mins read
1
International

Volunteering in the Calais ‘jungle’

Niamh Scally graduated from Norwich Medical School in 2013 and completed foundation training in Manchester. She is currently enjoying an F3 year before starting her paediatric training in London later this year. She has an interest in health inequalities and care of

3 July 2016
5 mins read
International

‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’ – reflections on working with Syrian refugees

Nikesh Parekh is a GP trainee, a research fellow in ageing and part-time public health medical associate in London. Colin Tourle is a semi-retired GP in Hailsham. There are 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, of which the vast majority are hidden away in

30 June 2016
5 mins read
BJGP Long Read/International

The Affordable Care Act and USA Healthcare: Reaping the Whirlwind

Professor John Frey III is now retired from the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health but is still an active teacher, research collaborator, journal editor and ‘faculty whisperer’ about career transitions at all stages of professional life (a

21 June 2016
19 mins read
Arts/International/Random

Desperately seeking Plato

We were in Athens with a couple of hours to kill. Acropolised out, too early for Ouzo. We had seen Socrates’ jail cell (almost certainly apocryphal).  We had seen the remains of Aristotle’s Lyceum, lovingly excavated. We had felt the weight of

17 May 2016
5 mins read
1
International

GP in crisis: how does European family medicine compare?

Mary McCarthy is a GP in Shrewsbury., She is on the GPC and is interested in comparative health systems. She is the BMA rep to UEMO. he UEMO (Union Européenne des Médecins Omnipraticiens) represents GPs in 26 European member states. It develops policy

27 October 2015
7 mins read
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