We usher in the Spring with our enticing April 2024 digital edition, crammed with insights from political representatives, thought leaders, industry associations and subject experts
Read expert health and social care commentary from the likes of Dr. Marc Robin, Medical Director at Dialogue, who considers how technology can support Canada’s efforts to meet the country’s mental health needs. Dr Farzana Rahman also shares her views on this matter as she considers implementing AI tools to mitigate the current workforce crisis in radiology.
Our Diseases and Conditions section features a dynamic array of contributors, including Professors Ruth Plummer and Jaap Verweij from the Cancer Drug Development Forum, Dr Steven Cox, CEO of Cardiac Risk in the Young, and Steph Sherer, Founder and President of Americans for Safe Access.
In the publication, Goksen Sahin, Senior Advocacy Expert for Strategic Communications, Membership and Advocacy at ICLEI Europe, considers the need for multilevel governance to implement COP28 outcomes across the EU.
In addition to our sections on energy, finance, the environment and education, we feature compelling pieces on animal welfare. Born Free’s Chris Lewis and Dr Mark Jones outline the ethical and legal implications of keeping primates as pets, and animal protection NGO Cruelty Free International tells us about its manifesto to phase out animal testing.
More highlights from our April edition can be found below. We hope you find the content as exciting and insightful as we have in its collation.
Building a resilient and future-ready democracy in the EU
Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, charts her priorities for building a resilient and future-ready democracy in the EU
WHO’s framework on self-care interventions
Zisis Kozlakidis from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer and Wuchlim Kourk from the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge examine the value and implementation of self-care interventions
Prisons after COVID-19: A prison chaplain’s view
IPCA Worldwide President David Buick shares the prison chaplain’s perspective on changes after the COVID-19 pandemic
Revolutionising NHS transport infrastructure towards net zero
Anjub Ali, Senior Construction Specialist at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), explains revolutionising NHS transport infrastructure for a sustainable future in the drive towards net zero
Technology Products and Associated Services 2 (TePAS 2) agreement update
Crown Commercial Service lifts the lid on simplified and more sustainable technology solutions, using the Technology Products and Associated Services 2 (TePAS 2) agreement as an example
Towards a European strategy for older persons
Miguel Ángel Cabra de Luna, EESC member from the Civil Society Organisations’ Group,
explains what must happen towards a European strategy for older persons
U.S. seafood industry: Science-based fishery management
Colleen Coyne, Seafood Program Coordinator at Food Export USA-Northeast, discusses how science-based conservation methods are guiding the U.S. seafood industry to foster responsible fishery management
UKAEA implementing the UK’s fusion energy strategy
Find out in this interview how the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) implements the UK’s fusion energy strategy
AI and adaptive dementia-supporting technology
People living with dementia are a hugely underserved group in so many ways, but dementia-supporting technology can offer better and longer independent living; Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at Alzheimer’s Society, explains how
Preventing Koala extinction in Australia
Dr Stuart Blanch from WWF-Australia, calls attention to the risk of koala extinction on Australia’s east coast by 2050 and sheds light on what can be done to save this iconic species