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Children in poorer countries face almost sixfold higher risk of dying after emergency surgery

07 May 2026
Children who need life‑saving emergency surgery after a serious injury are almost six times more likely to die if in poorer countries than in...
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Patients three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery in the world’s least developed countries

16 Sep 2025
Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed. Yet among...
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Innovation for Africa's Climate Future

25 Sep 2024
The 2024 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Prize Competition recognises innovative ideas in...
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A habitable planet for healthy humans

13 Dec 2023
Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.
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Carbon-omics and global health

17 Nov 2023
Cambridge Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges
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The virologist helping us to stay one step ahead of infectious diseases

10 Aug 2021
An established virologist specialising in the field of HIV drug-resistance, Ravi Gupta pivoted his expertise to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Over...
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Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries

20 Apr 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local...
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Food and drinks industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies, study finds

03 Jun 2019
A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry...
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Contracts give Coca-Cola power to ‘quash’ health research, study suggests

08 May 2019
New study of FOI documents uncovers provisions that could allow the beverage giant to suppress findings from health science it funds at North American...
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Cambridge researchers join new initiative on urban air pollution

25 Jun 2018
Cambridge researchers are part of a cutting-edge project unveiled by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan last week to better understand Londoners’ exposure to...
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