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Preventing a pandemic

The WHO has declared Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) one of the top 10 global public health threats to humanity and termed it “the biggest threats of the 21st century to global…

New health order

We have entered the age of pandemics. Covid-19 dominates the headlines, and rightly so; January has seen a record-high number of cases worldwide. But that is not all. The AIDS…

Health and the NSP

On the 14th of January 2022, the prime minister of Pakistan launched the country’s first national security policy. This comprehensive document covers all aspects of human and national security and…

Intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most common forms of violence against women and girls. It includes psychological, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and controlling behaviours by an…

Breaking the monopoly

This month, the world could have been celebrating the waning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, vaccine apartheid and restricted production continue to fuel the spread of the coronavirus. A year…

Dirty air, foreign aid, and climate funds

Burning of fossil fuel has had a significant role in exacerbating climate change crisis, the tipping point of which appears to be around four decades ago as the recent monumental…

A black mark

In his article, Corruption and the post-colonial state: how the west invented African corruption, racism scholar Gabriel Apata notes, that while corruption is universal, “when it comes to Africa, [corruption]…

Seizing the moment

India and Pakistan jointly make about a one-fifth of the world population. These two countries together are the largest importers of arms and ammunition. They possess hundreds of nuclear warheads…

From MDGs to SDGs

There has been a contested debate over the viability and consistency of policies adopted and actions taken by developing countries to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). At the end…