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Multilateral institution

WHO assesses how human health and natural environment are linked

One Health approach amounts to an appeal to reduce global inequalities

Climate crisis

Climate crisis keeps escalating

In view of worsening heat waves, postponing climate action is reckless, not “pragmatic”

Safe disposal

Sal leaves: a traditional South Asian alternative to plastic

Producing sal-leaf tableware is no longer only an informal micro-scale business in India

Traditional medicine

Why many Africans must rely on informal health care

Traditional medicine is often inadequate, though it does work in many cases and is comparatively cheap

Witchcraft

Dangerous superstition

In Benin, faith-based entrepreneurs are misusing poor people’s situation

Hintegrund

Be fruitful and multiply

In Nigeria childless couples face ostracism – and women suffer in particular Webheadline: Infertility is a human -rights issue

Blog

More things Eva von Redecker misunderstands

Advanced capitalist societies do have an idea of the common good

Blog

Von Redecker’s “revolution promoting life” is a distraction

Demographic trends show that global capitalism is not a death cult

Civil wars

Children in terrorist organisations

Book analyses how terrorist organisations recruit children for their cause

Informal sector

Massive economic pain

Covid-19 has badly affected informal livelihoods in Tanzania, but the impacts on the entire economy are harsh

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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.