Tag: disease

26th May 2017 Holy See

Professor Sir Michael Rawlins MD, FRCP, FMedSC

Former Chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

An Audience with Pope Francis

We were privileged, on 18 May 2017, to attend a Papal Audience at which Pope Francis gave his love and support for patients and families with Huntington’s disease (HD). Also present were their carers and advocates as well as researchers striving to find treatments and cures for this devastating disease. HD is a genetic disorder […]

12th November 2014

by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

This post was published when the author was in a previous role

The Catholic Church, the UK and the fight against Ebola

The following is a guest blog by Steve Townsend, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to the Holy See The Ebola virus spread quickly through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, with over 13,000 deaths so far. The disease has made the front pages across the globe, provoking concern, offers of assistance, and in […]

25th April 2013 Montreal, Canada

by Mario Rivero-Huguet

Science and the Food Paradox

Each April 7, the world celebrates World Health Day to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. When thinking about your health, I am certain that access to – healthy – food pops up immediately in your mind. Indeed, food is a major contributor to a healthy well-being, […]