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Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Max Klein

mk@bukopharma.de

is a political scientist and conducts educational work for the German civil-society organisation BUKO Pharma-Kampagne, including on the topic of neglected tropical diseases.
Photo: A. Boueke

All articles of Max Klein

Neglected tropical diseases
Max Klein

The exception of dengue

While the fight against many neglected tropical diseases continues to receive too little support, the situation with dengue has changed. One major reason for this is that the disease is now increasingly recognised as a problem in richer countries too.

Neglected tropical diseases
Max Klein

Overshadowed by the “Big Three”

When it comes to major infectious diseases in the global south, most people inevitably think of the “Big Three”: HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. However, “neglected tropical diseases” (NTDs) also deserve attention.

Cancer
Max Klein
Jörg Schaaber

Unaffordable treatment

For people in developing countries, most cancer drugs are unaffordable

Patents
Max Klein
Jörg Schaaber

Intellectual property versus health care

Insistence on medical patents costs lives, especially in the global south

Diabetes
Max Klein

Causes and complications

Why people develop diabetes and what complications they face

Chronic disease
Max Klein

Silent epidemic

Diabetes is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide and has an enormous impact on the Global South

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework
Zambia’s difficult quest for debt restructuring
India’s promising approach to tackling drug-resistant TB
In India, eradicating TB is a multi-dimensional challenge

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

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

Fostering regional industrialisation of ECOWAS
What ECOWAS can learn from the EU integration process
The Scramble for Africa
In West Africa, authoritarian attitudes go back to colonial rule
Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework

Sustainability

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

Fostering regional industrialisation of ECOWAS
What ECOWAS can learn from the EU integration process
The Scramble for Africa
In West Africa, authoritarian attitudes go back to colonial rule
Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework