Vaccine Passports Are Controversial But Their Technology Will Bring Big Benefits to Developing Countries
UN Secretary-General António Guterres gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at Adlai Stevenson High School in the Bronx, New York last week....
IMF, World Bank Must Support Developing Countries’ Recovery
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 6 2021 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an unprecedented human and economic...
Put People Before Profits for Progress
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 18 2021 (IPS) - Millions of people are expected to die due to delayed and unaffordable...
Universal Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Are Critical for Truth, Trust and COVID Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 28 2021 (IPS) - With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family...
Privatised Health Services Worsen Pandemic
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 2021 (IPS) - Decades of public health cuts have quietly taken a huge human...
Education Cannot Wait Annual Results Reveals the Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Learning for Children in Emergencies and Protracted Crises
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait, on a recent visit to a refugee site in the village of Modale,...
1 in 2 Humans Cannot Celebrate World Toilet Day – This Is Why
A Dalit woman stands outside a dry toilet located in an upper caste villager’s home in Mainpuri, in the northern...
Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
A waste collection bin awaiting the city council's collection. Markets are one of the places the SADC hygiene strategy is...
International Women’s Day, 2022War, Want, Weather and Wellbeing: Where Are We Now?
Dr Lesley Ann Foster is Executive Director Masimanyane Women’s Rights International, South Africa The following opinion piece is part...
Rural India Has a Diabetes Problem – What Is Causing it?
South India has a higher rate of diabetes compared to North India, possibly due to its partiality towards white rice,...