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Opinion / #infectious diseases

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Cities

What really kills people in tropical cyclones

Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts.
Malaria_TB_Vaccine_USAID

Policy & Finance

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

While the CDC is a key institution overseeing and funding public health in the US, it’s also instrumental in global health. Turmoil at the CDC could have an impact not just in the US, but around the world.
Stray dogs_India

Cities

Should animals be ‘persons’ in law?

The classification of animals as ‘property’ underpins harsh judicial decisions and continues to plague the lives of animals in India.
A female doctor with the International Medical Corps examines a woman patient at a mobile health clinic in Pakistan

Policy & Finance

Women health workers hold the key to eradicating polio

Female frontline workers in Pakistan are now being offered a seat at the policymaking table. The benefits are likely to last well after polio is defeated, argues this government official.

All #infectious diseases Opinion

8 February 2023

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Policy & Finance

Preparing now for the next health emergencies

16 November 2022

Covid test_Shenzhen_China

Cities

Broken China-US relations put the world's health at risk

8 December 2021

woman with walking frame

Policy & Finance

The pandemic and palliative care

6 July 2021

Province of British Columbia

Policy & Finance

Lipstick and Covid-19

11 May 2021

india covid-19 pix

Policy & Finance

Help India now

14 October 2020

rwanda drone healthcare

Policy & Finance

Overcoming the Covid-19 disruption to essential health services

15 September 2020

chickens on the farm poultry

Food & Agriculture

Meat is mayhem

14 September 2020

installing solar panels AMS

Carbon & Climate

Asean's road to a green economic recovery

9 September 2020

Tokyo, densely populated city

Cities

The Covid city

4 August 2020

Kutupalong refugee camp

Policy & Finance

Refugees are essential to the Covid-19 response

29 July 2020

whitelee wind farm 2

Policy & Finance

Emerging economies should build back greener

28 July 2020

healthcare worker in Thailand

Policy & Finance

A Marshall Plan for planetary health

27 July 2020

Bangui wind farm in the Philippines

Carbon & Climate

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, what does a determined path to the SDGs look like?

22 July 2020

wastewater treatment plant in Cicero

Water

A Covid-19 bridge over troubled water?

17 July 2020

signs and markings for social distancing

Policy & Finance

How to live with the pandemic

30 June 2020

Octogenarians matriarchs in Long Tungan.

Policy & Finance

Indigenous lives matter: Reflections from an encounter with Borneo's forest defenders

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