Sep 3, 2015 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
By Valentina Jovanovski Health workers in Kenya’s refugee camps would be more likely to stick with their jobs if they were offered more training and the possibility of academic qualifications, according to a study. Healthcare assistants who are from the refugee...
Aug 22, 2015 | Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Late August 2005, ten years shy of the New Orleans levee system’s expected year of completion, Hurricane Katrina triggered a cascade of events that became a massive disaster across New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf Coast. Katrina didn’t actually hit the city...
Aug 18, 2015 | Employment & Prosperity, Poverty Alleviation
International Youth Day, August 12th, was a day to recognize the importance of youth worldwide. The day is particularly significant in Africa, where almost 200 million people are between the ages of 15 and 24. The population is younger than anywhere else on the...
Aug 12, 2015 | Advocacy Networks, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Environment & Sustainability
Today is “World Elephant Day,” a day that celebrates the special beauty of the big animals, but also underlines the issues of poaching and trafficking of these remarkable animals and other wildlife being victimized by the illegal wildlife and ivory trade....
Aug 10, 2015 | Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing
An independent report commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) on their efforts against the West African Ebola Outbreak has concluded that the global health emergency response apparatus is severely lacking. The chair of the report, former Oxfam chief...