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Plain packaging will accelerate progress towards ending the tobacco epidemic
Plain packaging will accelerate progress towards ending the tobacco epidemic
Despite the indisputable scientific evidence that tobacco kills, the tobacco industry has been conniving to...
Public services are essential to COVID-19 response and for fairer and equitable world
Public services are essential to COVID-19 response and for fairer and equitable world
The United Nations marked this year's Public Service Day online celebrations by...
Why are strong public services essential for social, economic and health security for all?
Why are strong public services essential for social, economic and health security for all?
The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated, more than ever, the overwhelming importance...
Patents or people: The conundrum of healthcare industry
Patents or people: The conundrum of healthcare industry
The first traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) were discovered in November 2019...
The way forward after COVID-19: Is there a light at the end of the...
The way forward after COVID-19: Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
The pandemic, COVID-19 does not discriminate between people based on...
Tobacco-caused diseases are a bane to the pandemic
Tobacco-caused diseases are a bane to the pandemic
"A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and...
Are the young people left behind in times of COVID-19 pandemic?
Are the young people left behind in times of COVID-19 pandemic?
Over 60% of the world's youth live in Asia Pacific region, accounting for about...
Connecting the dots: Technology, healthcare, and pandemics like COVID-19
Connecting the dots: Technology, healthcare, and pandemics like COVID-19
Technology is often seen as a bane that impedes human ability rather than benefit it. We...
Rise in gender-based violence during COVID-19 warrants a gendered response
Rise in gender-based violence during COVID-19 warrants a gendered response
Preventing sexual and other forms of gender-based violence (SGBV) before it happens and meeting the...
Governments’ accountability for responding to COVID-19, NCDs and tobacco epidemics
Governments' accountability for responding to COVID-19, NCDs and tobacco epidemics
Politics, in many ways, is the ultimate determinant of health, had said Dr Richard Horton,...
