The incredible story of a lifetime dedicated to the global eradication of leprosy. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Left untreated, it can cause progressive and permanent disability. But a...

Reveals how, in South Africa's villages, heavy-handed pandemic policies and governmental communication failures have clashed with culture and tradition. This book explores the impact of Covid-19, and the associated state lockdown, on rural lives i...

One of the world's leading historians of colonial medicine recounts how mass outbreaks of disease have shaped the Indian subcontinent over several hundred years. Covid-19 has given renewed, urgent attention to "the pandemic" as a devastating, recu...

Examines how humanity has responded to the disease in the crucial second half of the twentieth century. This book may offer a cautionary tale in the age of Covid-19. The narratives we shape around disease in society are so often about politics, an...

The inspiring story of one man's global campaign to eradicate leprosy from all corners of the earth, and end the discrimination suffered by its victims. This book offers a compelling account of the two-pronged fight against both leprosy and the di...

"Critical Muslim" is a quarterly magazine of ideas and issues showcasing ground breaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. The coronavirus has upended the post-World War II narrative in...

Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting...

Leprosy has tormented mankind since records began. For much of its long history it was without cure – a disfiguring disease that stigmatised those it affected, isolating them from society. Today there is an effective treatment, but the last mile to...

The NHS is stretched to its limits. Yet doctors are writing 10 million sick-notes a year for people they cannot "fix", while patients with treatable diseases queue for appointments. This is Britain's grave error: our hyper-medicalised society has f...

In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see a...