Category: Wellness

Protecting Mental Health of Families in a Pandemic

Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser. ABUJA, Jan 22 2021 (IPS) – Dealing with COVID-19-related city lockdowns has been exceptionally stressful, particularly for those parents who have had to balance work, personal life, children and elderly, providing home schooling or facilitating virtual learning, managing infection control within the home, and more, all while being disconnected from support […]

Human Rights Must Be at the Heart of the COVID-19 Recovery

Credit: Defenders Coalition NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 9 2020 (IPS) – On 10 December every year, we celebrate Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration guarantees a spectrum of human rights that belong to each of us equally, and unite us as a global […]

To Beat Covid, Beat HIV, & Beat Inequality, Find the Money

The writer is Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 in the indigenous community of Concordia, Colombia. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres repeated his call for the G20 to establish a Task Force “able to deal with the pharmaceutical companies and other key stakeholders”, which would […]

Is Canada Missing out on Leveraging ITMDs in Its Healthcare Plans?

NEW DELHI, India, Aug 31 2021 (IPS) – With elections right round the corner in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently said that a re-elected Liberal government would spend billions in the coming years to hire family doctors. This says, Justin Trudeau promised that the Liberals would spend $3 billion over four years starting in […]

Africa Needs to Move Quickly on COVID Vaccines to Build Long-term Resilience

Africa can expect new spikes in COVID-19 every six months, a report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. The continent with its low vaccination rates could continue to be vulnerable. Credit: USAID/South Africa New York, Mar 11 2022 (IPS) – Countries on the African continent have a pattern of a six-month break before […]

To End AIDS, We Need to End Punitive Laws Perpetuating the Pandemic

The 24th International AIDS Conference is taking place in Montreal, July 29 to August 2. A man is tested for HIV at a health centre in Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire. Credit: UNICEF/Frank Dejongh MONTREAL, Aug 2 2022 (IPS) – This week, the global HIV response community is to address the crisis of stalling progress that is […]

Developing Countries and the Perfect Storm Part I: What Should Developed Countries Do?

ROME, Jun 1 2022 (IPS) – Developing countries – in Africa, in Asia, in Latin America and in the Middle East are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the climate change […]

Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries

A medical officer preparing to give a COVID-19 vaccine in Somalia in May 2021. Credit: Mokhtar Mohamed/AMISOM UNITED NATIONS, Sep 8 2022 (IPS) – With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response. Equity was […]

Three Ways to End Gender-based Violence

Testing new approaches for preventing gender-based violence to galvanize more and new partners and resources. Credit: UN Women UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 2022 (IPS) – How are the multiple shocks and crises the world is facing changing how we respond to gender-based violence? Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered high levels of violence […]