Reproductive health New 04/08/2019 – by Rabson Kondowe Making sanitary pads In rural Malawi, non-governmental activists teach teenage girls to make sanitary pads Read
Blog 21/07/2019 – by Cema Tork Ending the taboo Award-winning Netflix documentary helps to break the stigma around menstruation Read
Menstrual health 15/07/2019 – by Isaac Sagala Sanitary products still too expensive Kenya has scrapped the tax on menstrual products, but they are still too expensive for rural women Read
Global affairs 11/07/2019 – by Doris Fischer, Hans Dembowski Pecking order of nations Arrogant US approach is boosting nationalism in China and undermining multilateral policymaking Read
Blog 07/07/2019 – by Hans Dembowski The US health-care system is not worth copying Health care is a good example of the need to complement market dynamics with prudent state action Read
Urbanisation 27/06/2019 – by Katja Dombrowski Poverty causes depression, depression causes poverty In cities, social stress and environmental hardships can contribute to mental illness Read
Long-term impacts of strife 18/06/2019 – by Sharon Gschaider-Kassahun A traumatised nation So far, Cambodia’s health system is ill-equipped to deal with mental-health issues Read
Traditional healers 18/06/2019 – by Solida Sun, Lemhuor Bun, et al. Respect the local context In Cambodia, a civil-society organisation is promoting mental-health care at the local level Read
Gender 14/06/2019 – by Hans Dembowski “Public health crisis” India’s suicide rates are above world average Read
Stigma and shame 14/06/2019 – by Sandip Chattopadhyay, Hans Dembowski Unacknowledged suffering To a large extent, Indian society is simply not prepared to deal with mental-health problems Read
Psychiatric problems 12/06/2019 – by Samir Abi Metaphysical explanations In West Africa, traditional or religious practices are often the preferred method of treating mental disorders Read
