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Health

Ending the AIDS epidemic is a matter of human rights

HIV has taught us that health and human rights are intricately linked and that we need to protect and respect human rights and be
courageous enough to confront society...

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Thought Factory

Pages from the Diary of a Community Health Worker

It was just another day in the late summer of 1992. Fresh from the success of a community intervention that sought to limit the effects of an outbreak of a gastrointestinal...

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TV

Reaching out beyond the screen

Television has ceased to be the idiot box, it is now more than just a medium of entertainment; we cannot override it as a medium of social influence.  Anita, a 38 year...

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Hollywood

Justin Bieber performs for typhoon haiyan vicitms

The singer has posted photos and videos of a surprise show he put on for victims in the hard hit r...

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Environment

China Releases Blueprint for Adapting to Climate Change

China issued its first nation-wide blueprintfor adapting to climate change, as governments around the world shift their efforts from focusing solely on curbing global warmi...

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Sustainable Development

Any cheers for Doha pact?

The Doha Declaration on protecting public health is a decade old, but developing countries have not been able to make use of TRIPs flexibilities. Read More

Sustainable Development

Financing for sustainable development: Can the international financial system make the leap?

The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals may still be pondering the number and nature of the new goals. However, the question of which issues are “goal...

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Health

Limits of Vitamin D Supplements

A large review of studies has found that vitamin D supplements have little or no benefit beyond the low levels required for bone health.
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Festivals

REPORTERO

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In Mexico, investigative journalism can be a life-threatening profession. A veteran reporter and his colleagues at an independent newsw...

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Festivals

SHAHID

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True story of slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice. From...

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