World not investing enough in handwashing.

Time to come clean on handwashing investment

COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on handwashing and ways of getting clean water and soap to billions of people who need them. Read more »
World Diabetes Day 2021

World Diabetes Day: Cure for the silent killer is outside hospitals

World Diabetes Day: Effective diabetes prevention and care require a comprehensive approach to understanding, charting, and acting on public health issues. Read more »
Adolescents victims of climate change, covid-19

Adolescents not well served by responses to Covid, climate change

Tackling climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic are necessary to regain the trust of adolescents. Read more »
world economy faces covid-19 trouble

Universal health insurance a distant dream without healthcare reforms

A strong universal health insurance system is not possible without genuine healthcare reforms. Read more »
Protecting the resource rights of Adivasis

Resource rights of Adivasis: A cross-country perspective

Right to life is meaningless without the right to livelihood, and the right to livelihood is crucially dependent on resource rights. Read more »
The International Day of Older Persons 2021

International Day of Older Persons: Ageism and barriers to healthy ageing

The theme of International Day of Older Persons 2021 is Digital Equity for All Ages: A Global campaign to combat Ageism in the digital age. Read more »
G20, MALNUTRITION, CLIMATE CHANGE

UN Food Systems Summit: Anarchy no alternative to multilateralism

The counter mobilisations at the UN Food Systems Summit were an attack on multilateralism, the best available option to raise critical global issues. Read more »
health insurance sector in crisis

Greedy private hospitals bleed health insurance firms dry

There is a need for a regulator in the healthcare sector to stop private hospitals from profiteering at the cost of health insurance firms and hapless patients. Read more »
Fiscal policies must target inclusive growth

Child nutrition: Covid-19 poses a huge public policy challenge

Union and states governments have lined up a slew of measures to tackle the unprecedented crisis for child nutrition and service delivery disruptions caused by Covid-19. Read more »
Farm subsidies affect the poorest people in poor countries.

Farm subsidies inefficient, harm health, environment, says UN report

A joint FAO-UNDP-UNEP report urges governments to rethink farm subsidies that are price distorting or harmful to nature and health. Read more »