Bangladesh dengue outbreak unmasks weakness of public healthcare system
The number of dengue cases has surged in Bangladesh with the disease’s pattern and severity changing and rural areas bearing the brunt. As public health facilities struggle to cope with the number of cases, patients are facing extreme financial difficulties
Deadly diseases stalk millions in war-torn Sudan
Rawia Kamal, a health activist displaced after the paramilitary attacked her home, recounts the travails of being in war-torn Sudan with looming threat of diseases
Over 10 million in Pakistan lack access to safe drinking water
Six months after catastrophic floods devastated one-third of Pakistan, a large number of people have no alternative but to use and drink potentially disease-ridden water. Tens of thousands of impoverished, hungry children are fighting a losing battle against acute malnutrition and water-borne diseases, says UNICEF
Ten years ago, the UN declared access to water and sanitation a human right
The resolution does not reflect the reality of millions of Brazilians; perspectives are bleak with passing of new laws
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
