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Poverty matters blog

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30 June 2015

  • A worker stacks bricks in Kabezi, Burundi, Africa.

    Economics blog
    Making international trade work for the world's poorest

    Jim Yong Kim and Roberto Azevêdo
    Much good work already is under way, but there are far more opportunities to ensure that trade helps everyone

11 May 2015

  • Sarah Boseley

    Sarah Boseley's global health blog
    Experts call for global research fund for antibiotics, Ebola and other neglected diseases

    Sarah Boseley
    There were no drugs to treat Ebola in the outbreak that devastated three west African countries, other diseases of the poor are neglected and the pipeline of new antibiotics has dried up. Experts are calling for a $10 billion fund to pay for research and development ahead of the World Health Assembly in Geneva next week

20 April 2015

  • Red cross workers, wearing protective suits, carry the body of a person who died from Ebola during a burial with relatives of the victims of the virus, in Monrovia, on January 5, 2015.

    Sarah Boseley's global health blog
    How WHO revised its self-criticism over Ebola handling

    The WHO issued a statement acknowledging failings in the handling of the Ebola crisis - and then corrected it just an hour later with the release of a version that had been substantially toned-down. Here are the changes that were made.

20 March 2015

  • hepatitis C patient given ribavirin pills at MSF clinic in Mumbai

    Sarah Boseley's global health blog
    Pharma accused of restricting access to hep C drug in poor countries

    New drugs for hepatitis C are a major breakthrough but hugely expensive in rich countries. Pharma giant Gilead will allow cheap copies to be made for poor countries - but only for patients with proof of identification and citizenship and the drug supplies will be closely tracked

31 December 2014

  • Anne Perkins

    First thoughts
    Ebola can only be beaten by tackling poverty in Africa

    Anne Perkins
    Anne Perkins: First thoughts: Despite the Ebola case in the UK, Britain isn’t at risk from a new plague. But poverty still kills in Africa

18 December 2014

  • Indian women and children work as stone crushers.

    Economics blog
    Basic income paid to the poor can transform lives

    Contrary to what sceptics predicted the basic incomes model created more economic activity and work

10 December 2014

  • Members of the All India Women's Congress attend a protest in New Delhi to mark the increasing violence against women.

    Women's rights and gender equality
    How can India end this tide of violence against women?

    KumKum Dasgupta: Despite rising levels of education, gender awareness and stringent pro-women laws, change has been slow and violence against women is increasing

9 December 2014

  • River gauge in Banaba, Manila, the Philippines

    2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: 10 years on
    When disaster strikes, we're more ready than ever before

    Nick Guttmann: Aid groups have learned from the tragedy of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Communities are now more prepared for when the water levels rise

6 December 2014

  • Street Child in Sierra Leone

    Ebola: life on the frontline
    Sierra Leone's Ebola battle is being led by local talent that deserves our support

    Tom Dannatt: While we hear much about the work done by westerners, the inspirational efforts of Sierra Leoneans at community level have gone largely unacknowledged

2 December 2014

  • MDG : Transparency over government contracts : SERCO at Phosphate Hill Detention Centre

    Poverty matters blog
    Roads, needles, mines: what is your government signing on your behalf?

    Charles Kenny
    Charles Kenny: Transparent and open deals between governments and the private sector could build trust with citizens, and mean better value for money

30 November 2014

  • Reda el-Danbouki, the lawyer for 13-year-old Sohair al-Bata'a who died after undergoing FGM, points at her grave on the outskirts of Agga town, Egypt.

    Women's rights and gender equality
    Is Egypt ready to join growing global movement to end FGM?

    Suad Abu-Dayyeh
    Suad Abu-Dayyeh: The acquittal of those involved in the tragic story of Sohair al-Bata’a, who died after undergoing FGM, highlights the need for Egypt to outlaw the practice

28 November 2014

  • MDG : Slavery : Indian human-trafficking victim

    Modern-day slavery in focus
    The global slavery index is based on flawed data – why does no one say so?

    Anne Gallagher
    Anne Gallagher: The anti-trafficking community has remained uncritical of Walk Free’s methodology, yet poor information often leads to damaging decisions

26 November 2014

  • MDG cemetery in Sierra Leone

    Poverty matters blog
    Life on the Ebola frontline: 'Survivors are left alone to carry their pain'

    A quarantine and awareness worker in rural Sierra Leone describes, in his own words, the devastating toll the Ebola outbreak has taken on local communities

22 November 2014

  • Women who had sterilisation surgery queue with their children for food inside a hospital in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

    Poverty matters blog
    India's sterilisation camps must give way to proper family planning

    Shree Venkatram in New Delhi
    Shree Venkatram: A target-driven mindset and a disregard for female life mean the country’s birth control drive has been tainted by tragedy

21 November 2014

  • MDG : Ebola response : UN World Food Programme

    Poverty matters blog
    Private sector can help Africa to take responsibility for its development

    Calestous Juma
  • MDG : A burqa clad Afghan woman walks along a road in Herat province, on October 9, 2014

    Women's rights and gender equality
    Afghan women's voices must be heard to build a better country

    Samira Hamidi

19 November 2014

  • MDG sanitation in India

    Poverty matters blog
    Snakebites, diarrhoea and violence: why India's rural women need toilets

    Seren Boyd: In India’s Sheohar district, in Bihar state, women are keen to talk about the safety that comes with having a toilet at home

17 November 2014

  • Malnutrition in Haititi

    Poverty matters blog
    World leaders must grasp the nettle in the battle against malnutrition

    Lawrence Haddad and Dolf te Lintelo: If governments are serious about ending hunger, this week’s international conference on nutrition must yield real results

14 November 2014

  • The Brisbane sign at Southbank, which is part of the G20 cultural celebrations before the G20 summit on November 15- 16.

    Poverty matters blog
    G20 Brisbane: what the development community should be hoping for

    Australian summit must find space in crowded communiqué for sustainable growth, climate change and tax and transparency, writes Graham Gordon

13 November 2014

  • Small girl vaccinated against measles in Qionghai, China in 2010

    Sarah Boseley's global health blog
    Measles eradication plans have stalled, says WHO

    Measles deaths have gone up, not down, in the last year. Progress towards elimination of the disease that kills and disables thousands of children has stopped in its tracks as funding has been cut back in the global recession
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