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The University of Turku, located in Turku in southwestern Finland, is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrollment, after University of Helsinki.

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Social inequality in healthcare access is set to be exacerbated both by the rise of new technologies, which not everyone will be able to enjoy, and climate change. Shutterstock France

The future of medicine: 50-year forecast offers hope for HIV and cancer patients and predicts climate change to increasingly set agenda

Climate change, inequality, the evolution of knowledge… Experts have been surveyed, and a consensus is emerging on what to expect from the effects of these factors in the medical field.
Les progrès que permettront les nouvelles technologies auront peut-être aussi pour corollaire un accroissement des inégalités d'accès au soin, elles-mêmes dopées par le dérèglement climatique.

Médecine : comment serons-nous soignés dans 50 ans ?

Changement climatique, inégalités, évolution des connaissances… Des experts ont été sondés et un consensus se dégage quant à ce qu’il faut attendre des effets de ces éléments dans le domaine médical.
A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai. India and South Africa have led efforts to get a waiver on intellectual property rights. Pratik Chorge/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Intellectual property and COVID-19 medicines: why a WTO waiver may not be enough

A waiver may not allow all developing countries to secure medicines and other anti-COVID technologies in a timely way.
The mother’s education level is also a factor. Brainsil/Shutterstock

These 3 factors predict a child’s chance of obesity in adolescence (and no, it’s not just their weight)

One in four Australians is overweight or obese by the time they reach adolescence, but it’s difficult to predict who is at risk. These three questions can help.
They don’t spend massive amounts of money on education and the kids spend less time at school, so how is the Finnish education system so effective?

They believe in teachers and in education for all: why Finland’s kids often top league tables

When looking at large-scale international studies and comparisons of education systems worldwide, everyone’s always talking about Finland. Finland seems to set the benchmark for education worldwide. Foreign…

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