Posts Tagged ‘WHO’
 

 

Safe roads for pedestrians are still a far cry in Kenya

A fair share of Kenyan roads, especially in the urban areas, were built during the colonial era; at a time when urban areas had few dwellers and even fewer motor vehicles. In recent years, the Kenyan government has taken up th...
by Fridah Mlemwa
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Top 10 Health Headlines Of 2014

2014 has been another dramatic, controversial, and progressive year for health in the international community. We have seen the spread of virus epidemics and the development of chronic disease cures; heated debates around healt...
by Abbie Saunders
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Beirut’s Road Block To Sustainability

A highway construction project put on the back-burner for more than thirty years is to be implemented if Beirut’s municipality gets its way. The decision to use a proposal to alleviate traffic in the congested Beirut neighbor...
by Meryl Haddad
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Critical Health Epidemics On The Rise In Prisons

Critical health epidemics are on the rise in prisons internationally. Just this week, new controversy surrounds the issue in the light of breaking news that American prisons may have to invest in expensive drug treatment for in...
by Abbie Saunders
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Too Late For Jamaican Government To ‘Kiss And Make Up’ When It Comes To Chikungunya

As Chikungunya, a mosquito-born virus that causes high fever and acute joint pain, continues to run rampant throughout the Caribbean, regional governments have been grappling with how to deal with the outbreak. In Jamaica, w...
by Janine Mendes-Franco
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We Are Losing The Battle Against Ebola

Overcrowded hospitals, over-tired and decimated doctors working in absolutely terrible sanitary conditions, narrow-minded, impossible to control mob, volunteers’ appeals for help unheard – it sounds like a petrifying horror...
by Kasia Gilewska
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International Political Forum

Vaccine Politics : The Return Of A Global Threat

It was not long ago that a crippled man became the most powerful person on the planet. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest-serving President of the United States, a man who helped take the country out of an economic depre...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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International Political Forum

Cancer And The Tobacco Industry In Africa

During the World Cancer Day (4th of February 2014) the message which spread across the world media was the cancer burden can no longer be ignored. As figures reached the mark of 14 million new cases per year in 2012 and is expe...
by Daniele Bassi
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Report Celebrates Child Health Success in Africa

Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania have all been successful in reducing the rate of under-five mortality since 1990, according to a report by the A Promise Renewed campaign. Although the findings are encouraging, it does also reve...
by Bruce Rothberg
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