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Young (and occasionally less young) researchers, mostly from LMICs, present their views on global health issues.
In the run-up to International Women’s Day 2021, and in light of recent gains made in the global menstrual justice policy space, we present the Pandemic Periods Collective – who are on a mission to elevate the voices of those experiencing period poverty during COVID-19. As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and governments are ...
There has been much hype recently around the potential of digital technologies to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, save lives and help societies return to normality. At the same time, critics voice concerns about how the digital response to the pandemic may extend state surveillance and exacerbate inequalities through the exclusion of vulnerable grou...
“After the survey in the area, we felt that we could not leave this settlement unattended. In Kallodi there was a vacancy for an Anganwadi teacher. I was asked to go to that place. But my mind was reluctant to leave this place. The then Panchayath President and the Ward member were not ready to let me go to this place. It was such a problemati...
All over the world, COVID-19 has redefined how we live our lives in the past year. Sadly, and more importantly, the pandemic has also claimed a lot of lives so far – with no end in sight yet. Although relatively “spared” compared to some other parts of the world, by February 2 Africa had registered 3,582,022, COVID-19 cases and 91,517 deaths...
Mental healthcare is fundamentally moral. It is, as Didier Fassin reminds us, “the government of the precarious”. In 2017, Reverend Joseph Maboe set out to find his son Billy, who was kept in a dilapidated institution for people living with severe mental and neurological conditions (PSMN) – serious forms of mental incapacitation – in Sou...
HPSR capacity building, an integral part of health system strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), was already gaining traction in recent times and the COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted its importance in developing effective and resilient health systems. Last year in March, a few of us made a call to action for strength...
Without doubt, this was a remarkable week for global oral health. During the 148th meeting of the WHO Executive Board, oral health was among the items discussed, initiated by a group of member states led by Sri Lanka and others. The last time the WHO governing bodies adopted a resolution regarding oral health was in 2007, which is ancient in a f...
As of January 19th, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has documented more than 100,000 cases and 3,445 deaths from COVID-19. That is bad enough for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) which has about 6 million inhabitants. Unfortunately, that’s not all, however. While the COVID-19 “natural disaster” has been unfolding in the region, a...
In 1994, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), a provisional organization that had been providing the rules for world trade since 1948, was replaced by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Marrakesh Agreement formally established the WTO. Under normal circumstances, only specialists would be familiar with this document. However...