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Health access disparities between rural and urban areas persist

WebThe report Global evidence on inequities in rural health protection: New data on rural deficits in health coverage for 174 countries reveals major health access …

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Has the global healthcare workforce crisis finally reached a tipping

WebThere is a global healthcare workforce crisis. That healthcare workers are underpaid, overworked and physically and emotionally stressed is widely recognised in …

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Tonga’s obesity epidemic is causing big trouble in paradise

WebAt first impression the Royal Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific is the very embodiment of an imagined tropical paradise. Coconut trees sway in a warm ocean …

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Can e-health technologies be used to respond to the medical …

WebDigital and communications technologies are increasingly transforming healthcare models. The World Health Organization defines e-health as “the cost …

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Rio de Janeiro’s public health system on verge of collapse

WebLast year, Rio de Janeiro recorded the highest mortality rate in its public health care units for 30 years. Patients have spoken of spending several days waiting for …

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Can the Netherlands stop polluting its own waters to feed the world

WebAccording to World Bank data from 2020, 53.9 per cent of land in the Netherlands is used for agriculture. In the summer of 2022, Dutch farmers made global …

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Democracy and health: how citizen participation can also …

Web“The authorities have been very quick to take decisions during the Covid crisis,” says Siiri Ann Doka. Too quick, perhaps, for citizens and patients to be involved. …

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Japan's care sector protects quality of life for the country's elderly

WebIn 2018, 16,927 elderly people went missing in Japan, the majority of them with dementia. In a country where, at 36 million, the elderly make up 30 per cent of the …

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France’s mental health professionals are on the verge of a …

WebWith a megaphone in one hand and leaflets in the other, Isabelle Bouligaud walks back and forth in front of a crowd of nurses and healthcare assistants stretched out …

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Why is there a global shortage of midwives and what needs to be …

WebEvery 16 seconds a child is stillborn, and each year some 2.4 million newborn babies die. Midwives can make a difference to these shocking outcomes. But recent …

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What about the health of agricultural workers

WebThe people who work to grow and harvest the food we eat play a key role in ensuring our good health and proper nutrition. And yet they often do so at the expense …

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Temporary workers in Cameroon’s public hospitals continue to …

WebCalm appears to have returned to the Yaoundé Emergency Centre this October. Staff go about their daily business, showing no outward signs of the strike that …

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Childhood and adult obesity: Mexico’s other epidemic

WebIn 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults (39 per cent of the global population) were overweight, of which over 650 million were obese. According to data from the World …

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Will fundamental workers’ rights also fall victim to COVID-19

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed in stark terms the fact that our economies are built on the systematic exploitation of workers, whether at our local …

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For us, by us: Amsterdam’s life-saving transgender clinic

WebThe long waiting period has been decried by transgender rights groups like Transvisie as causing life-threatening mental illness and self-medication among …

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The land of women: safe, informed maternity

WebEvery day an average of 830 women worldwide die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, according to the World Health Organisation. The …

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Sustainable Development Goals – how are we doing

WebEach year progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reviewed with the aim of identifying pitfalls and ensuring progress remains on track. …

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New technology developed in Benin set to revolutionise patient …

WebWhat can be done to provide all Africans with easy and equal access to quality healthcare? That is the question raised by Beninese doctor Vèna Arielle …

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The Sahel beyond the conflict: real economic and social …

WebConflicts: the great challenge of governance. The Sahel has been plagued by recurrent conflicts since 2012, with devastating human, political, economic and social …

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The African Development Bank’s new labour safeguard

WebIn December the AfDB’s board of directors adopted a new "Integrated Safeguards System", which will enter into effect in June; the bank just posted the …

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