We were brave. We were strong. We survived. Acts and arts of liberation in the African Atlantic imaginary

We were there…

" review the reviews " to ensure fairness and accuracy of judgment (" Kudos to reviewers for the JGP " ; February 2009; JGP 133:129–130). As to publication policies, the JGP is committed to publishing thoroughly vetted scientific papers of the highest quality with mechanistic insight, with all methods and results needed to establish the conclusions in the body of the paper, ideals we maintain a...

Where we were, where we are, where we are going.

Where We Were… Where We Are… Where We Are Going…

I thought we were in this together?

Neonatology in Singapore: the way we were, the way forward.

Singapore has a maternity hospital since 1924, but for many decades the newborns could only receive basic care. Neonatal and perinatal mortality rates were high. Marked improvement in neonatal care began from the 1980s when many neonatal departments were set up to provide intensive care. Improved socioeconomic status, better healthcare facilities, effective infection control, immunisation progr...

Yesterday's future: the gap between where we are now and where we were supposed to be.

Had my dear mentor and friend, the Canadian surgeon Pierre Grondin, been alive today he would have been surprised—or even shocked—to realize that, 45 years after he placed the tricuspid valve in the surgical arena, we heart surgeons are still debating which is the best repair technique [1]. In spite of all the known limitations of a retrospective analysis, the paper by Thomas Guenther et al. ex...