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More and more people worldwide gain access to safe drinking water.

Good News

Progress in drinking water supply and disease control

The two pieces of good news this month are about more people gaining access to safe drinking water and four countries being declared free of the neglected tropical disease trachoma.

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Why NCDs matter in the fight against poverty

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by Hans Dembowski
Among other things, regular health check-ups serve to detect hypertension early.

High blood pressure

A social divide

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by Damilola Oyedele

It was high time for Zuma to go

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by Hans Dembowski
Mass immunisation against trachoma in Ethiopia.

Neglected tropical diseases

“Major obstacle for development”

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by Martin Kollmann
by Katja Dombrowski
To achieve the SDGs, good health care is needed – and it will require sufficient public funding: a Bangladeshi pharmacist.

Global governance

Taxes serve SDG achievement

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by Monika Hellstern
by Hans Dembowski

Why I feel ambivalent about Kagame’s AU chairmanship

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by Hans Dembowski
Members of the Indonesian Army Special Forces Commandos march during a parade.

Our view

By force or by consensus

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Big multinational corporations promote unhealthy eating and drinking habits in developing countries: sales stall in New Delhi.

Nutrition

Big Food causes suffering

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by Dagmar Wolf

Horn of Africa

30 years of guerrilla warfare

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by Diglel Fadi
Eritrean refugees rally in Addis Ababa at the AU head office, demanding that President Isaias Afewerki face justice.

Liberation movement

Thousands flee every month

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by Diglel Fadi