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Distance to Health Facilities and care seeking
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of the lungs that occurs in 10 million people each year, and causes 1.5 million deaths each year. Before Covid, tuberculosis was the biggest killer of all infectious diseases. Most infections happen in poorer ...
Post · June 14, 2025
When Research Fails to Listen: Hearing Loss, Veterans, and the Power We Hold
As a storyteller, I want to share a journey with you today, a journey into the often-unseen corners of research, where good intentions can sometimes create unexpected shadows. This is a story about the blind spots that persist even in well-meaning...
Post · June 14, 2025
Stuck Outside the Gate: The Hidden Costs of Inaccessible Engagement
Oh, the irony! As I sit here tapping away, sipping a lukewarm herbal tea, I should have been buzzing with the energy of an NHS engagement event. An event I was genuinely excited about, one where my lived experience as a military spouse and my res...
Post · June 13, 2025
“They Spit, We Hit”: The Los Angeles Protests, Militarization of Law Enforcement, and a Potential Clash with the Constitution
Protests in Los Angeles Showed a Familiar Pattern of Militarized Police and a False Narrative of Widespread Violence to Justify Dubious Legal Responses to Protests
This past Saturday, I watched, from Canada, livestreams of some of the protests i...
Post · June 12, 2025
The Unpaid Labour of Expertise: Why We Need to Pay for Lived Experience
Recently, two professionals traveled quite a distance to meet me at home. Part of our meeting was a welcome acknowledgment that some things had gone wrong with their service, and I truly appreciated that gesture. But another part of the agenda was...
Post · June 11, 2025
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