Let’s ditch the economy of the 1% and replace it with a human economy

Apr 20, 2016

An Angolan child sells bread on the street in the country's capital Luanda, April 17, 2005. Angolan priests urged their congregations Sunday to abandon their fear of hospitals so that loved ones could receive treatment for the Marburg virus that has killed more than 200 people. Early in the outbreak, aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres,one of the only groups operating in the northern Uige Province, said poor infection control at the hospital there was to blame for some of the cases.

Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Winnie Byanyima

Undersecretary-General of the United Nations; Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

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Slums are seen along a river with the skyline of Makati, Manila's financial district, in the background October 8, 2007. Developing countries in Asia are struggling to meet the UN-set millennium goals although the region is on course to cut extreme poverty, a report released on Monday showed.

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