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Winning the battle against TB
News, Aaron Motsoaledi & Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 27/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump's spending freeze on foreign aid marks a significant challenge for the international development community, and many experts warn that diseases will surge.
Best buys in health, development
News, Bill Gates & Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 03/07/2023
» The Global Goals are a phenomenal idea. They're what happened when the UN came together and said: "Here are the world's biggest problems, and here is how we're going to measure progress on them." The 17 goals include promises to end extreme poverty and hunger, fix climate change and education, and reduce inequality and corruption.
Menstrual health and climate crisis
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 29/05/2023
» Menstruation is too often treated as a taboo topic and this stigma is pronounced in emergencies, where the challenges of managing menstruation are amplified. Asia and the Pacific are especially vulnerable to climate change, with droughts, floods and extreme storms that will continue to devastate critical infrastructure.
Rights, equality key for world's 8bn
News, Björn Andersson, Published on 24/04/2023
» The world's population reached 8 billion in November 2022 -- a milestone for humanity and a manifestation of the advancements made in health, education, science, and socio-economic development.
Maintaining dignity during periods
News, Björn Andersson, Published on 30/05/2022
» Across the region, the unique needs of women and girls are often overlooked -- particularly their menstrual health. When a disaster hits, people who menstruate often do not have access to menstrual materials such as pads and underwear in a context that lacks clean water and waste disposal systems.
The crisis of unintended pregnancy
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 11/04/2022
» Mother and daughter, Liza and Agnes, living in a small seaside community of St Bernard in the Philippines, recalled the day Super Typhoon Rai made landfall. When I visited them, they told me that when the typhoon hit, the wind sounded like a thousand horses thundering through the community and ripping houses and families violently apart, destroying thousands of lives, and disrupting access to critical health services.
Nuclear power the answer
News, Postbag, Published on 14/11/2021
» Re: "Reducing emissions not so easy," (Opinion, Nov 10).
Reproductive rights must be the new reality for all
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 11/07/2019
» About 25 years ago, a sweeping consensus on population and development was reached at a landmark meeting in Cairo -- the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, or ICPD.
EEC to serve as test track for e-vehicles
News, Taam Yingcharoen, Published on 05/04/2018
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) will serve as a prototype for the use of electric vehicles in Thailand, according to Acharawan Chutarat, a member of the EEC's city planning team from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.