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In brief
Cancer

Unaffordable treatment

For people in developing countries, most cancer drugs are unaffordable

Online forum

#DalitLivesMatterNepal

Campaigning online for Dalit rights

Recession

Growing dependence on Benin’s informal sector

In Cotonou and Porto Novo, economic slump has hit middle class hard

Segregation

Revisiting South Africa’s segregationist past

Apartheid was a racist system designed to keep people of different skin colour “apart” in South Africa.

Crime

Counterfeit medicines are very profitable for criminals

Hundreds of thousands of people die every year as a result of counterfeit medicines

Price negotiations

Paying over the odds

Thrashing out a vaccines pricing deal with multiple players

Multilateral cooperation

Why February 2020 became the month of lost opportunities

Independent Panel makes proposals on better pandemic preparedness and response

Tribalism

Tribalism hides the gap between rich and poor

Kenya’s underlying class struggle needs to be addressed

Islamism

Islamist ideology has softened a bit in Afghanistan

German expert’s insights into how the Taliban have changed

Multilateral affairs

Brief history of WTO flexibility regarding pharma patents

Why the international intellectual-property regime was modified in 2001

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.