Q&A: Misinformation in the Time of an Uncontainable Virus
Civil protection volunteers engaged in health checks at the “Milano Malpensa” airport. This week a joint team between WHO and…
Month: September 2024
Few Clinical Trials are Done in Africa: COVID-19 Shows Why this Urgently Needs to Change
Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS Apr 10 2020 (IPS) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its quest to find efficacious therapies…
Is the Fight for Human Rights & Racial Justice Overriding the Coronavirus Risk?
Black Lives Matter protest in London May 31. Credit: Tara Carey / Equality Now UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 2020 (IPS)…
Chinese vs. Western Governance: The case of COVID-19
Emergency room nurses wear face masks at Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen in China. Credit: Man Yi/ UN News LONDON,…
COVID-19: Developing Countries Must Not be Left Behind
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands / ROME, May 5 2020 (IPS) – Globalization has been a driver for increased prosperity world-wide, but it…
Racism and Dominance
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 15 2020 (IPS) – The #MeToo movement triggered worldwide protests that hopefully was instrumental in making…
A Marathon, Not a Sprint: Peru Needs Fiscal Reforms to Quell High COVID-19 Death Rate
Laura Adriaensens,LL.M. in International Legal Studies at New York University (NYU) School of Law, Fulbright and BAEF Fellow, M. A.…
As COVID-19 Cases Rise, African Countries Grapple with Safely Easing Lockdowns
Franck Kuwonu, Africa Renewal* People living in Lagos State in Nigeria, simulate sneezing into their elbows during a coronavirus prevention…
Trump Undermines WHO, UN System
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Sep 1 2020 (IPS) – After accusing the World Health Organization (WHO) of pro-China bias, President…
COMMENTARY: The Sinatra Doctrine Confronts a Global Consensus
A photo-collage. Credit: Peter Costantini. SEATTLE, Oct 23 2020 (IPS) – By late September, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United…