Isla Kuhn, is Head of Medical Library Services since 2014, with extensive experience in teaching, research support, and co-authoring systematic reviews including cross-disciplinary topics. She is embedded librarian at THIS Institute, as well as being named on several successful grant applications. Isla was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in April 2019.
People are living longer. Yet for many, the opportunities afforded by a longer life – to themselves and society – are lost due to poor health and difficulty remaining involved in society. This is exacerbated by socioeconomic disadvantage, and associated with increasing social and economic costs. The balance between the ‘burden’ and the benefits of an ageing population can thus be tipped either way. One promising approach is to design enabling ‘ageing-friendly’ environments that support people to live well.
For several decades, malaria has caused the deaths of tens of millions of people especially in sub-Saharan Africa. It caused 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths globally in 20191. In fact, every 2 minutes, a child dies from malaria accounting for about 67% of all malaria deaths worldwide1.