How Impact Investing is bringing investors and charities into the same Innovation space Healthcare innovation is increasingly being driven both by investors and charities. Some investors are now demanding demonstrable social impact. Some charities, long accustomed to grant‑based funding cycles, are seeking new ways to ensure donor capital delivers sustainable, scalable change. Impact investing sits at the centre of this convergence. Nowhere is this more visible than in Medtec

The newly published NATO volume, Digital Innovations for the Prevention and Treatment of PTSD in Military Contexts , shares the value of community-led approaches to trauma support in conflict zones that are culturally rooted, digitally enabled, and operationally agile. The book documents NATO's military mental health human centric approach and includes a discussion of why the integration of community-based approaches into military mental health strategy matters for anyone wor

In 2025, conflicts across Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Syria, and beyond created disability at a scale unseen in decades. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project recorded over 240,000 conflict-related deaths from December 2024 to November 2025. In Gaza alone, 4,800 documented limb amputations occurred since October 2023, with ten children losing one or both legs every day. More than 21,000 Palestinian children acquired disabilities during the conflict. In Ukraine, over 2,10

"Conflict can quickly overload healthcare systems and create challenges where traditional solutions and care pathways are simply not fit for purpose. In Ukraine and Gaza we have seen trauma on a scale that has not been witnessed for a generation. Yet even when conventional pathways can serve only a few, there is often reluctance to step away from tried and trusted approaches. What are the barriers to change? What does it take to re-imagine better solutions? How can we best na