Health

Criticizing the Pandemic

2021-06-01

Many of the trends that were visible two years ago – from aging populations and failing states to nuclear proliferation and cyber insecurity – remain acute.

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How texting makes stress worse

2021-02-22

If group chats give us solace and connection in a crisis, why do some of us feel burnt out and overwhelmed by them?

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The unseen 'slow violence' that affects millions

2021-02-08

Not all violence is fast. Hidden in plain sight across society, there is a kind of harm that happens too slowly to see, says Richard Fisher.

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The hidden victims of gaslighting

2020-12-13

When “gaslighting” was coined it referred to misogynistic emotional abuse, but it is clear far more of us are suffering than we may realise.

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Iraqi Government shuts down Schools’ Cafeterias

2020-11-30

The Ministry of Education has ordered Schools Cafeterias to close their doors in the whole country...

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Listen to the Science

2020-10-22

There are also deepening social and economic crises. The pandemic has battered national economies, exacerbated many forms of inequality, and sown distrust and social unrest around the world...

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Five lessons for successfully investing in people

2020-10-21

Access to health services in Morocco has been significantly enhanced as a result of the expansion of health insurance coverage and the establishment of a system for providing subsidized care...

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A Healthy Improvement on GDP

2020-08-25

Many of the failures of GDP as a measure of economic performance are well known. Policymakers in search of an alternative should recognize the far-reaching power of healthy life expectancy as a measure

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The people with hidden immunity against Covid-19

2020-07-29

While the latest research suggests that antibodies against Covid-19 could be lost in just three months, a new hope has appeared on the horizon: the enigmatic T cell.

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The Fastest Way Out of the Pandemic

2020-07-21

During the 2009 swine flu pandemic, a few countries cornered the vaccine market, leaving the vast majority of the global population with no vaccine at all until the outbreak was effectively over.

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The Pandemic Must Transform Global Agriculture

2020-06-24

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the risks of unhealthy diets and the extreme fragility of the global food system.

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What if all viruses disappeared?

2020-06-22

If all viruses disappeared, the world would be very different — and not necessarily for the better. But what exactly would happen?

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Can corruption risks be mitigated without hindering governments’ COVID-19 response?

2020-05-31

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to increase corruption risks and practices that contribute to illicit financial flows, and may also introduce new risks.

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What Should We Be Preparing For?

2020-05-30

In most emerging and developing countries, COVID-19 is causing an economic hurricane. It looks increasingly like a Category 5, but the international community and many national governments prepared for a tropical storm.

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How Germany Contained the Coronavirus

2020-05-27

Compared to many other countries, Germany has managed the COVID-19 crisis well, owing to its properly funded health system, technological edge, and decisive leadership. But beyond any unique feature of the German system is something that all countries can

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We’ll Be Wearing Things on Our Faces for a Long Time

2020-05-23

You can choose between a mask and a face shield, but you can’t choose nothing.

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Nature Is Our Best Antiviral

2020-05-18

Many countries are already demonstrating how we can build stronger bonds between nature, our economy, and our health.

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Series of discussions in Annabaa Forum for Dialogue

2020-05-05

Medical, scientific, and instructional lectures regarding coronavirus

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Target R and Wait for the Vaccine

2020-04-29

Opening up the economy means allowing more human interaction and hence greater potential for new #COVID19 infections. Two numbers matter for deciding whether this can be done safely any time soon.

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The Chinese Health Organization?

2020-04-26

If the World Health Organization is to spearhead international health policy and respond to disease outbreaks effectively, it must pursue deep reforms aimed at broadening its jurisdiction and authority.

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Navigating the Pandemic Trilemma

2020-04-07

The broad consensus of the COVID-19 era holds that measures to protect public health imply hard trade-offs with economic growth and political liberty.

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Capitalism’s Triple Crisis

2020-04-05

After the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Now that an even more severe crisis is under

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Face Masks Are In

2020-04-02

The West has long stigmatized mask-wearing, unlike in many Asian countries, where those who do not wear masks during public-health crises are the ones who are stigmatized.

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Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Developing Countries

2020-03-25

The more contained you want the novel coronavirus to be, the more you will need to lock down your country – and the more fiscal space you will require to mitigate the deeper recession that will result.

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