Where does our food come from? Top 5 food documentaries

In developed countries, an abundance of cheap, delicious food means that the biggest question many of us face is how to choose what we’d like for dinner from so many available options. But do we know where our food really com...
by Brandon Engel
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International Political Forum

Vaccine Politics: Immunity Under Threat In The West

Last week we saw how the global drive to eradicate polio has suffered a serious setback due to the politicisation of vaccination efforts and prolonged violence in certain areas of the planet. However, it would be a mistake to a...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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World Cancer Awareness Day 2015

The beginning of 2015 was pointedly marked by Dr Richard Smith’s comment that cancer is the best way to die.The comment met with extraordinary backlash from researchers, charities, and the families and friends of those th...
by Abbie Saunders
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WATCH: Be The Generation to Defeat AIDS, TB and Malaria

4.2 million people are currently receiving ARV therapy. There have been 9.7 million new smear-positive tuberculosis cases detected and treated. 310 million insecticide-treated nets have been distributed. There are professionals...
by Priyanka Mogul
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International Political Forum

How The Dutch Are Reinventing The Poisoned Food Industry.

Although it has been a year since I moved from my hometown Amsterdam to London, I’m far from integrated in terms of the British food culture. Keeping a ‘normal’ healthy diet, I find it hard to find decent, afforda...
by International Political Forum
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Egypt’s Landmark FGM Trial Ends In ‘Not Guilty’

The first court case of female genital mutilation in Egypt has ended in the acquittal of doctor and Islamic preacher Raslan Fadl. Contrary to the hopes of activists and state officials for a landmark verdict, the doctor was r...
by Heenali Patel
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Celebrities, Mental Illness and the Public Habit of Interference

One in four people will suffer from a mental health problem at some point in their life. For people living in crisis or war situations, this figure gets much higher. It certainly seems to be higher for celebrities compared to t...
by Katie O'Reilly-Boyles
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WATCH: Where’s the Controversy in Saving Lives?

Today, more than 200 million women in developing countries who don’t want to get pregnant lack access to contraceptives. This is a life and death crisis. Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death ...
by Natasha Lipman
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International Political Forum

The cost of carbon? Your life.

How Global Warming Negatively Affects Your Health and Life Expectancy Over 400,000 people worldwide die every year from climate change. Most of those deaths are from hunger and communicable diseases, but this figure also includ...
by Allison Midori Reilly
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