Health
2022
Don’t let technology become a bane for future generations
The negative impact of technology, particularly on children, cannot be understated. For our wellbeing’s sake, we need a healthier balance, argues Sailaja.
86 Billion: The human spirt's fight to live a meaningful life
Poems for a better world is collection of poems composed by UN-aligneders for a better better and fairer future.
UNICEF and WHO: Alarm over cholera outbreaks
As Cholera outbreak spreads across 29 countries, UNICEF calls for 27.5 million to combat disease.
Emotional health: 4 ways you can improve it today
Being emotionally healthy is just as important as being physically healthy: the two are closely connected at various levels. To ensure that we lead a fulfilling life, we have to take that extra step.
WHO? Yes, Tedros Again!
Tedros Ghebreyesus gets re-elected by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to a second term despite his affiliation with the repressive regime that has been accused of torture, repression, and electoral fraud.
Is circumcision abuse?
Mutilating the sexual organs of a child, circumcision, in the name of culture, religion or dubious preventative medical claims is outrageous and a blatant breach of the child’s human rights.
2021
When it was illegal for me to be alive
“Disaster… it could happen to anyone.” Think about it too much and you will go mad: that endless list of slings and arrows. Yes, it could happen to anyone, but it is best to plod along as though it could never happen to us.
“A preventable tragedy”: How dementia became the catalyst that eroded Noor’s family
Imagine visiting your mother or father in their home. When you arrive, you discover that they are in distress in front of the television.
GDP is an impostor, so why are we still using it to measure happiness?
GDP is not a suitable measurement for happiness or welfare. It sucks.
"No, it's not just a snip": Why Circumcision is Legalised Child Abuse
Mutilating the sexual organs of a child (circumcision) in the name of culture, religion or dubious preventative medical claims is outrageous and a blatant breach of the child’s human rights. Female genital mutilation is thankfully on the decline and relatively rare in developed countries.
2020
The Use of Tear Gas in the 21st Century is Unacceptable.
We have come a long way since World War I and World War II, yet we still see police forces using dangerous chemical weapons, such as tear gas, against their own civilians. How dangerous are these chemical substances and should local police be permitted to use such weapons against people? How were these weapons used in WWI and WWII? The following article aims to answer a few of these questions.
My Traumatic Experience with Postpartum - An interview with Rahima El Harrak
“The period soon after childbirth poses substantial health risks for both mother and new-born infant. Yet the postpartum and postnatal period receives less attention from health care providers than pregnancy and childbirth.
The Use of Chinese Medicine in Treating Covid-19
China is promoting the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, and has even donated traditional Chinese medicine to a handful of countries. This may all be in good will, however studies suggest that there are serious side effects to the use of traditional Chinese medicine.
