Public health physician, epidemiologist and front-line responder to the Ebola outbreak. Born in Bafia, Cameroon, on May 31, 1977, he was killed during an attack on Butembo University Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo on April 19, 2019. Read more.
More than 730 people, including almost 600 children, have been diagnosed with HIV in Ratodero, southeast Pakistan, since an outbreak of the virus was reported in late April. Read more.
Decolonizing global health can mean reversing the immediate legacies of colonialism, including the lack of investments in health systems and robust research institutions in former colonies. But it can also mean dismantling “global health,” a term that often stands in for the system of international institutions and donors that govern the public health agenda and control levers of power.
After nearly two decades of operation, the International Criminal Court has managed to secure only a handful of convictions, with virtually no high-profile victories. It has actually acquitted more people—four—of the core crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, than it has convicted—three.
Its defenders say the court’s record underscores just how difficult a task the judges in The Hague face, delivering justice in years-old cases with limited resources. Those same arguments could also be used to question the ultimate viability of the entire experiment of having an international tribunal with the power to prosecute genocide, war crimes and other crimes against humanity. Read more.
Researchers claim the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is prioritizing efficiency over rigorous and independent monitoring. As AIIB moves forward with its own large-scale infrastructure projects, activists warn there could be severe consequences for marginalized groups and the environment, with little opportunity for redress.
Though the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo reached new records for daily infections last week, experts convened by the World Health Organization opted not to declare a public health emergency. Read more.
A draft law leaked earlier this year would require German companies to take more responsibility for monitoring their subsidiaries and contractors abroad for human rights violations or risk fines or even jail time for their executives. Read more.
Conceived during Germany’s 2017 Group of 20 presidency, a new hub for efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance is now taking shape in the country's capital, Berlin. Read more.
Front-line responders to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo warn that the persistent hostility to the response among some of the affected communities is jeopardizing efforts to end the epidemic. Read more.
Over the past year, after a long period on the sidelines of federal politics, the Green party has been on the ascent. They are attracting voters who are searching beyond the traditional parties for politicians who speak with authenticity and offer new approaches to addressing social problems. If they can solidify their base and continue to attract new voters, the Greens could transform German politics. But the party may have to forfeit its early radicalism for a pragmatism that may ultimately cost the Greens their most ardent supporters. Read more.
A controversy erupted after a politician with no development background was nominated to the management board of the German Corporation for International Development, or GIZ, underscoring the increased domestic scrutiny of the sector. Read more.
An introduction to Germany’s new Global Health Hub, which is intended to spur collaborations between a range of sectors and to generate new approaches to tackling existing health challenges. Read more.
A leader in lymphoma research. Born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, on March 26, 1947, he died of lung cancer in Lyon, France, on Jan 2, 2019. Read more.
Scientists released an ambitious plan to transform the global food system by 2050. The report, published in The Lancet, drew together 37 experts from 16 countries to consider whether it was possible to construct a diet derived from an environmentally sustainable food system that could simultaneously keep the projected 10 billion people living on earth in 2050 healthy. Read more.
The United Nations AIDS agency ended 2018 in crisis. It is unclear how it will recover.
The troubles center on the contents of a report, published by an independent panel in December, documenting how the program's leaders failed to prevent or respond to allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, and abuse of power. That includes sexual assault allegations against long-time Deputy Director Luiz Loures, and heavy criticism of Executive Director Michel Sidibé for his muted handling of the situation. Loures, who denied the allegations, left without reprimand when his contract ended last year.