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Germany’s health-care system largely depends on payroll taxes and ensures universal coverage: district hospital in Greiz, a small town in eastern German.

Blog

The US health-care system is not worth copying

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by Hans Dembowski

Escaping poverty

Bank transfers from Parmalat

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by Humphrey Nkonde
T-shirt seen at BJP victory celebrations in New Delhi.

Right-wing populism

Modi won – but did India?

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak

Gender

“Public health crisis”

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by Hans Dembowski
Raising awareness in Kolkata in April 2017.

Stigma and shame

Unacknowledged suffering

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by Sandip Chattopadhyay
by Hans Dembowski
Schoolgirls in traditional clothing at the award ceremony for their vocational school diplomas.

Vocational schools

Anything is possible

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by Verena Stamm
Schools in Burundi are overcrowded and often still under construction.

School system

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

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by Verena Stamm
Screenshot – website of LMU’s Center for International Health.

Universities

International network

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by Manuel Parra
Miners who witnessed or personally experienced violence showed more mental-distress symptoms than those who had not: inside a Bolivian mine.

Mental distress

Workplace violence

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by Manuel Parra
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