AMR Awareness Week: Pharma must rise to the challenge as stewards of public health
Being in the pharmaceutical field, the mantle of responsibility falls upon us to forge ahead in the relentless pursuit of solutions to the …
Lao PDR becomes second country in 2023 after Bangladesh to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Nineteen countries have been able to eliminate the disease, according to WHO
Simply Put: Cleanliness goals
Novel Coronavirus: What’s in a name?
World bodies have to be extremely careful when naming a new disease
Simply Put: Healthy diet
Mein Kampf struggles free
Hitler's autobiographical manifesto of his National Socialism has come out of copyright
'There is a need to introduce climate-smart agriculture in Africa'
In the southern African region, lack of sufficient rainfall led to failed harvests
Seychelles launches world’s first sovereign blue bond
Proceeds from the bond will include support for the expansion of marine protected areas, improved governance of priority fisheries and the …
Charity after profiteering, the Big Pharma way
Pfizer to sell its medicines at no profit in world’s poorest countries, and other big names to make cancer drugs more accessible
Stockholm+50: Securitisation of pandemics
India’s invocation of National Disaster Management Act to deal with a pandemic was a first and an extreme case of securitisation of COVID-…
Food for all to free for all: Unconcerned WTO make matters worse
This is the second part to the report ‘Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine’
What Nigeria must do to eliminate malaria: 3 researchers offer insights
Nigeria accounts for nearly a quarter of deaths from malaria in the world — in 2018 the numbers stood at 95,000. Three of the country&…
Some key questions answered on COVID-19 vaccines for African countries
Vaccines for COVID-19 are generating a lot of talk. To shed some light on which vaccines are available for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and …
Paraguay now malaria-free
The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success
Delivering business
What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing
World Health Assembly approves draft resolution on health action plan for indigenous people
Global plan should focus on reproductive, maternal and adolescent health, resolution highlights
WHA comes to an end with resolutions to improve universal health care
Members endorse improved access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services in health facilities around the world
Scarred: The COVID-19 pandemic destroyed human capital. Its impact will haunt our future
The economic impact caused by a collapse of human capital could affect the world for upto a decade, according to a new World Bank report
Depression, an invisible burden for TB patients; and we must urgently address this
The risk of people with mental disorders being prone to developing TB has often been overlooked
THE MONEY MAKERS
World Bank staff calls for ‘open’ system of presidential selection
The move comes even as the global body called for nominations to select a new president after Jim Yong Kim resigned recently
Heat waves to intensify in Madagascar, one of Earth’s richest biodiversity hotspots: WWA study
Indian Ocean island experienced one of its hottest Octobers, with even the capital and highlands experiencing record heat
Socials of the pandemic
For generations, and also in the immediate future, the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for this: how the world lived up to a global crisis?
Simply Put: Picasso and AMR
WHO releases a list of pathogens for which new antibiotics are required
The list categorises the bacteria according to the urgency of need for new antibiotics