Pain: On access to its treatment
No one should suffer needlessly from pain in the 21st century. More than 50 years after the world agreed (1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs) to make narcotic pain relievers […]
Healthcare-can we all have it?
I still remember the disdain on the face of a guest Professor as he stood behind the lectern in a conference session on Universal health coverage (UHC) that I was […]
Let’s flood Myanmar with humanitarian attention now
As one of the nations that has suffered from international neglect in the past in many forms-from the rohingya crisis-the persecution of Muslims which persists and has shaken the foundations […]
Can we save the world together?
It is easy to become indulged in utopian day-dreaming. The universal health coverage seems to be part of what could be called an idealist wish. However, it really isn’t. I […]
Breast feeding- Gift lessons from Africa to the West
In industrialized nations and particularly more recently in the United States have become so clean that in the coming months of the baby’s growth, the mother is chastised for suckling […]
Fence all of us in together
I hear people have a lot of plans on this rock of a planet to build more structures in order to wall themselves in from their fellow species. I came […]
No shame being Human
You see, it’s a beautiful thing to be alive in this epoch. We are breaking barriers and understanding the laws of nature more than ever. We are not huddled in […]
Standing on the silent hill of sociocentrism and egocentrism
The real welcome party is not in the state banquet halls as we see on TV. Understanding how each individual migrant appreciates and interprets the world differently from what we […]