The HIV/AIDS threat
Today is World AIDS Day. While we are struggling with the second wave of Covid-19, it may sound impertinent to talk about an issue which is not even considered as…
Preventing HIV
On December 1, Pakistan comes together to commemorate World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to increasing awareness about AIDS, and a day for remembering all those who have died from…
Larkana’s HIV outbreak
FOR several years, bonfires were lighting up in small towns and villages of Sindh; bonfires turned to bushfires, and bushfires are now rapidly engulfing the forest. Brave firefighters are battling…
Ending AIDS
The Aids epidemic has defined the global health agenda for an entire generation. The first Aids*-related deaths were diagnosed 35 years ago and HIV rapidly became a global crisis. The…
Son’s death from AIDS turned Mandela to cause he neglected
When Nelson Mandela is laid to rest Sunday in his ancestral village of Qunu, he will be interred next to three of his children, one of who died of AIDS-related…
Development in a post-aid world
If you visit the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, you will come across Kibera, one of the largest slum dwellings in the world. Housing approximately 250,000 people across an area of…
Defunding the world
In making America great again, the US is putting the final nail in the coffin of a world order it had put together, brick by brick after World War II.…
Defeating the deadly drug trap
The recent high-profile case in Karachi, involving the abduction and gruesome murder of a young man, has brought to the fore the problem of the sale and abuse of addictive…
Sudden freeze
DONALD Trump’s recent decision to freeze US foreign aid for 90 days has sent shockwaves across South Asia, which has long depended on American assistance for economic development, healthcare, and…
Poverty, conflict and humanity
Regional and global organisations hold conferences and special sessions every year to ponder over factors contributing to poverty across the world. Politicians and members of the global elite make solemn…
