Killing us softly
27 March 2015 Health
A recent public outcry in China, sparked by a damning documentary about air pollution, was based on well-founded fear:...
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Scale of Vanuatu cyclone disaster complicates aid response
16 March 2015 Migration
The scale of Vanuatu’s cyclone disaster is matched only by the complexity of the required humanitarian response, according to both the government a...
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Vanuatu reeling from impact of cyclone Pam
14 March 2015 Environment and Disasters
The closure of the main airport in Vanuatu is hampering the humanitarian response to cyclone Pam, which tore through the Pacific island archipelago...
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Cyclone Pam batters Vanuatu
13 March 2015 Environment and Disasters
As cyclone Pam, a category 5 storm, makes landfall today on the pacific islandsof Vanuatu, humanitarian workers there say the urban poor are especi...
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Who celebrity advocates are really targeting. And it’s not you.
13 February 2015 Aid and Policy
This week was a fanfare for celebrity humanitarians: Forest Whitaker ...
![Shop in Buala, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands, where only imported high-sodium tinned goods are available. Shelf life is key for products making it to market, but not so great for non-communicable diseases and people's waistlines]()
Trade and transfat in the Pacific
17 November 2014 Food
Diminished agricultural production and unhealthy imports are contributing to some of the world’s highest obesity and diabetes rates in the Pacific ...
![At the border fence: Peter is a “transporter”, helping Zimbabwean migrants across the border. He says people swallow their fear because they have no alternative. Click here for more.. 270220082.mp3]()
An ambitious plan to end statelessness
7 November 2014 Migration
It is now 60 years since stateless people received recognition in international law, and the UN has two conventions (1954 and 1961) dedicated to th...
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Witchcraft and PNG’s disappearing health service
5 May 2014 Health
When Mary, aged 45, got sick, residents in her remote highland village in Papua New Guinea (PNG) did not take her to the doctor, but to a tradition...
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Conflict in Indonesia’s Papua Region
28 March 2014 Conflict
The clearing of forests inhabited by indigenous people in Indonesia's Papua* Region by agribusinesses is fuelling conflict in the southern Merauke ...
![Like many children in Papua New Guinea, Willie Savo, 5 doesn't have access to a toilet. More than half the country's 7.5 million population practice open defecation]()
Papua New Guinea battles open defecation
10 February 2014 Health
When Willie Savo needs to relieve himself, there’s only one place to go...
