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Sustainable Development

UN Economic and Social Council set to tackle new sustainable development agenda

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has embarked on a timely slate of far-reaching reforms that will make it a stronger, more issues-oriented body, as Secretary-...

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Sustainable Development

Global Waste on Pace to Triple by 2100

The amount of garbage humans throw away is rising fast and won’t peak this century without transformational changes in how we use and reuse materials, write former Wo...

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Health

Polio outbreak confirmed in northeast Syria, WHO says

A polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

“Out of those 22 being in...

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Sustainable Development

Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awar...

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Eye Think

A Shifting Balance of Power

The notion and practice of power is arguably what creates and maintains large societies. Since the role of government is conceived to be so integral in safeguarding our soc...

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Health

India’s gender gap record among the world’s worst

MUMBAI: A plummeting child sex ratio is largely to blame for India’s poor performance in the 2013 Global Gender Gap Index released by the World Economic Forum. India ...

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Thought Factory

Hesperian-- A Treasure Trove for Writers who love health

If you are serious about “scripting for life”, you are likely to land up at Hesperian Digital Commons some day. Sarah Shannon who is the executive director...

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Health

The Growth of Global Immunisation

Immunisation has been one of the great success stories of global health. It is estimated to prevent the deaths of two to three million children each year. But another 1.5 m...

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Sustainable Development

How College Students are Improving Girls’ Education by ‘Hacking’ for Good

While many of us are privileged enough to go to college, barriers to girls’ education throughout the world show us that we shouldn’t take school for granted. Th...

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Environment

Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous flooding.

Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding, a new study calcula...

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