Bridging the gender gap
The social, economic and cultural rights to health equity, sustainable nutrition, and education are fundamental to all. However, the climatic crisis, economic challenges and various conflicts have compromised the fate…
Is our loose milk safe?
Good nutrition and access to an adequate and balanced diet is essential not only for child's growth and development, but also for adults for protection from both infectious and non-communicable…
Food security in the age of Covid-19
There never was any lockdown in the country’s agricultural sector. And from the way the NCC and NCOC have been carrying out, their respective efforts over the last two months…
Pandemic sends hunger rising in America, and children bear the brunt
Before the pandemic closed her middle school and US immigration agents deported her father to El Salvador, Kimberly Orellana did not fear going hungry. But with her mother now alone…
Youth, poverty and mental health
IN Tharparkar recently, a man killed three of his children by throwing them down a well, and then proceeded to take his own life. A report published by the Sindh…
Food quality must be ensured for children and mothers
Globally, more or less 2.7 million children under the age of five die annually because of malnutrition. The situation in Pakistan is also disturbing. About 44 per cent of Pakistani…
No comment necessary
“PAKISTAN is stable now. That pressure [to stabilise the economy] has been relieved. Now I will go after them [the corrupt politicians],” said Imran Khan in an address to the…
Lives cut apart
We live segmented lives. Those in one major city are increasingly less concerned about events in another and the same is true across provinces and even regions. The proof of…
A healthy nation
IT is estimated that over three billion people around the globe are affected by micronutrient deficiencies, with its more aggressive impact being felt in the developing countries. Pakistan is amongst…
Time to end TB
SHE sits before me, a frail woman of 28, pregnant for the fourth time. Her chest X-ray before treatment shows severe lung disease, and further testing reveals she harbours drug-resistant…
