Looking for a non-Western lens to the Black Death? Try this translation of a work written in Mamluk Egypt

‘Merits of the Plague’ was written 600 years ago by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, a medieval polymath

World unprepared for future pandemics: Global Health Security Index 2021

Countries across all income levels are lacking on finance, logistics and planning when it comes to future pandemics

0.85 million viruses in birds and mammals can infect people: IPBES paper

Land use change is prime trigger for COVID-19 pandemic and responsible for 30 per cent of new diseases since 1960, it adds

The COVID-19 pandemic has already created a disadvantaged generation

Newborns, those about to be born and children under five will be the worst victims in terms of long-term impacts on growth and development

Savage sapiens, ravaged planet and COVID-19

It may be difficult to have a planet that no longer uses oil or coal, does not kill millions of farmed animals, degrade wetlands and rivers

Countries can learn from Africa in handling future pandemics: UN report

In 2019, the continent reported 500 outbreaks of zoonotic diseases

How pandemics fuel the rise of mega-corporations

The Black Death and COVID-19 seem to have caused concentration and centralisation of business and state power. The question is whether these …

Make pandemic preparedness in Africa affordable: WHO

New regional strategy prepared by UN body on disease surveillance and response says investing in pandemic preparedness is an affordable public …

‘Adaptation’ and ‘mitigation’ can reduce impacts of global pandemics

Mitigation programmes can save nearly US $360 billion over the next 100 years, says new study