Children in the Throes of Crises, Emergencies and Displacement

 

Q&A: Reflecting on Five Years of Educating Children in the Throes of Crises, Emergencies and Displacement   By Alison Kentish Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund that brings teaching and learning to children in emergencies and protracted crises, is observing five years of reaching boys and girls in some of the world’s hardest-hit conflict and disaster zones. The initiative, launched in 2016, sought to close a major gap in humanitarian funding for education. At […]

Why Our Best Defence Against Future Pandemics is Data

 

Why Our Best Defence Against Future Pandemics is Data   By Andy Peters Although the World Health Organization’s (WHO) mission to discover its origins has proven inconclusive, the Covid-19 pandemic has nonetheless clearly highlighted the need for better care, attention, and investment in animal health systems. Without a decisive change of course to prevent other diseases from jumping the species barrier, we will likely be unable to avoid […]

 

Developing Countries Desperately Need COVID-19 Financing

 

Developing Countries Desperately Need COVID-19 Financing   By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in developing countries. Grossly inadequate financing of relief, recovery and reform efforts has also further set back progress, including sustainable development. Uncertain and unequal recovery After over a year, “Poor countries are facing severe setbacks on their development paths, encumbered […]

Half of healthcare facilities in Malawi are without handwashing facilities, almost two thirds have no decent toilets and almost one fifth do not have clean water on site

 

Wards Without Water   By Dennis Lupenga Malawian healthcare workers are facing challenges from all sides. More than half of healthcare facilities in Malawi are without handwashing facilities, almost two thirds have no decent toilets and almost one fifth do not have clean water on site. With cases of Covid-19 in the country continuing throughout the year, staff are working through the […]