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SDIS2021
This is the WHO’s massive new list of ways to create a healthier, safer environment
Four UN agencies have compiled a first-of-its-kind Compendium of guidance on health and environment to help policymakers save millions of lives.
Global Health
This Indian state's response to COVID-19 could be a model for equitable healthcare
An initiative in Haryana state, India, offers a potential remedy to under-investment in public health infrastructure – and a silver lining to the pandemic.
Emerging Technologies
This mini-CRISPR is like a tiny Swiss Army knife
Bioengineers have repurposed a “non-working” CRISPR system to make a smaller version of the genome engineering tool.
SDIS2021
SDIS21: Healthy Futures - What are the challenges in making healthcare more sustainable?
COVID-19 set us back on many SDG 3 targets. As we start to recover, we must focus on universal health coverage and the health impacts of climate change.
Mental Health
Is there a doctor in the boardroom? 6 health chiefs explain why employee wellbeing matters more than ever
Organizations are increasingly appointing an executive to their leadership to focus on employee wellbeing and make related investments. Here's how.
Future of Health and Healthcare
These are the top 10 innovations in mental health
COVID-19’s effects on our collective and individual wellbeing forced the world to confront mental health challenges like never before, and innovative thinkers have stepped up to the chall...
ASEAN
Papua New Guinea is battling the world's oldest pandemic: malaria. How can it get back on track?
After huge progress on the disease, malaria cases in Papua New Guinea have increased more than tenfold in five years. But eliminating it is still possible
Gender Parity
Lessons from Tanzania: How soccer and sex education can change girls' lives
A project in Tanzania set out to identify interventions to help improve the sexual and reproductive health of girls and young women. Here's what it found and lessons for the world.
Future of Health and Healthcare
Value in Healthcare - Platform
Global Health
How digital technologies can address 5 sources of health inequity
From improving access to health information to aiding better representation in health systems and services, here's how digital can help close health gaps.
Mental Health
The pandemic saw the rise of remote mental healthcare. It may be here to stay
Some argue that without telehealth many people would not have had access to the mental support they needed or faced delays in treatment during the pandemic.
Future of Health and Healthcare
How the Belt and Road Initiative could support an ageing population
China's international project has been criticized for its environmental impact, but it could also support unprecedented cooperation between East and West
COVID-19
A universal COVID-19 vaccine could be closer than you think
The pandemic could affect humanity for years to come, so a universal vaccine for every current and future variant would be a significant breakthrough.
Future of Health and Healthcare
Tiny robots could deliver drugs directly to our central nervous system
New research has developed soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields. It's hoped the robots could be used for targeted drug delivery.
Mental Health
How our microbiome might affect our mental health
A new study explores the link between depression and our microbiome health - with a particular emphasis on the impact of COVID-19.