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Clinical trials: improving patient experience

08 March 2017

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Increasing participation in clinical trials is a priority for the NHS. Cancer Research UK supports this aim and knows that it is vital that all eligible patients are...

On the home front in fight against malaria

02 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Features

Malaria has a devastating impact on the west African country of Burkina Faso, but healthcare facilities are scarce and people seek treatment too late. A new...

Special deliveries for remote families

22 April 2015

Nursing Standard

Feature

Routine childhood vaccination rates in Tanzania have risen following a government campaign delivered by nurses in local dispensaries. Nurse-led mobile teams go to...

HIV in South Africa: ‘Ultimately it will be young people who end the epidemic’

30 November 2016

Nursing Standard

Feature

When Marcus McGilvray left school aged 18, he wanted to see the world. He started with India, Nepal and the Cayman Islands and spent 18 months globetrotting.

Caring in a crisis

18 October 2017

Nursing Standard

Feature

Sada, aged 18 months, is placed into a large plastic washing up bowl to be weighed. Screaming, she tries to get out, but her body is weak. She has severe acute...

Meet award-winning HIV nurse specialist Gary Barker

28 September 2016

Nursing Standard

Careers

Since he volunteered with the St John Ambulance as a teenager, Gary Barker knew he wanted to be a nurse.

Transforming HIV care across Africa

05 April 2017

Nursing Standard

Feature

Ambitious targets are in place to beat AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Nurses are leading the effort to meet the ‘90-90-90’ goal – for 90% of all people living with HIV...

Education at the Heart of diabetes care

08 November 2017

Nursing Standard

Feature

Standing in a consultation room at the National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition in Mexico City, Martin Ortega is feeling proud of himself. He recounts the...

A lifeline for cancer patients in Africa

02 March 2016

Nursing Standard

Feature

In Rwanda, many people with cancer are diagnosed too late because of low awareness of the disease coupled with a lack of specialist facilities and staff. The opening...

Nursing on the Zika front line

27 July 2016

Nursing Standard

Feature

Paediatric nurse Roberta Seabra quickly and quietly takes control when the mother of baby Graziella breaks down. Ushering visitors from the room, she reassures...

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