It seems like science fiction, or even magic: the ability to communicate, control a computer or move a robotic limb via the power of thought. However, it’s not only possible, it’s already transforming the lives of patients with severe disabilities. In 2024, an audience at a UN conference in Geneva...
More than 40 per cent of the global population – over three billion people – are affected by neurological conditions, according to WHO’s first-ever report on the issue. The top 10 include stroke, migraine, meningitis, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, as well as neurological complications linked to pre-term birth, autism...
So the crisis continues. And the brain drain intensifies. But what if there was a way to reverse brain drain? This is the question that the International Organization of Migration (IOM) has been asking about Somalia. “There has been a lot of brain drain in Somalia. How do we...
