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Public Health

“Mental health issues are totally underrated in Africa”

UN special envoy assesses health-care challenges in Africa

SWP publication

The decisive challenge

SWP: Youth bulge results in greater economic opportunities – but also increases risks of conflict

Planned parenthood

Indispensable issue

Women all over the world must be empowered to decide how many children they want

Nowadays

Hard life in rural Benin

Life in rural Benin is incredibly hard – but the ‘Hunger Project’ intends to improve the conditions

Teenagers

Information in strong demand

Sex education is an urgent issue in Douala, and a civil-society organisation DUCA is rising to the challenge

Catholic Church

Italian Argentinian

The new pope must do more than pray for the poor and remind the public of their plight

Health

Helping AIDS orphans

Swiss-backed NGO supports AIDS orphans in southern and eastern Africa

Comment

Bishops versus majority

Catholic church opposes reproductive health bill in the Philippines

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.