Healthcare News
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With Omicron, has Covid-19 vaccine inequity put the world at risk?Health experts say Omicron's appearance underscores the need to share vaccines more fairly. -
‘Perfect storm’ created for food collapse, panel hearsCovid-19 has thrown food insecurity into stark relief.
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Medical PPE unfit for women on Covid-19 frontlinesWomen’s network calls for basic standards to bridge gender divide, as gear, designed for men, is often too big and restrictive. -
Asia Pacific needs to ramp up births, deaths registrationBirths of 64 million children under-five in Asia Pacific remain unregistered.
Healthcare Opinion
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Combating Covid-19 and ensuring no-one is left behind– If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalisation and regional cooperation. -
Lipstick and Covid-19– The pandemic has highlighted the need to ensure that everyone understands that gender equality is a public good, one that will help to usher in the healthier societies we seek. -
Help India now– The international community must join forces and develop a collective approach to help India address its Covid-19 crisis, not only for moral reasons, but also because the health of other countries’ populations and economies are at stake.
Videos
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Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up– The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.
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What you need to know about sustainable cooling and climate change– What makes cooling such a hot topic when it comes to climate change? This year's #Innovate4Climate summit will look at the problem and potential of sustainable cooling.
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What would the world be like if there was water for all?– Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
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Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
Food & Agriculture
Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia
– With no forests, people lose access to wild food and are forced to purchase more unhealthy food, including packaged foods.
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