How to Raise a Human-Rights-Conscious Generation
The news is on in many households. It is always on. In a living room somewhere, sometimes a boat appears on the screen. It is overcrowded, half-capsized, somewhere on a […]
Water stress: Implications for global health and international affairs
Water, a sacrosanct, ever-present substance, is a harbinger of life’s delicate presence. It is one of the substances sought after in the extra-terrestrial search for life beyond earth and our […]
The Bitter Truth: Child Labour and the Chocolate We Choose Not to See
In 2012, a humorous but theoretically sound scientific study led by the Swiss physician, Franz Messerli showed a strong correlation between chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel prize winners […]
Global Health Begins Locally: The Power of True Community Participation
Community ownership of public health production and work is a cornerstone of effective global health interventions. It ensures that health programs and any resulting public health goods are context-specific, equitable, […]
Global migration and health services delivery for a changing world
The annual migration of millions of people from one corner of the planet to another is no longer a strange phenomenon for most people today. This is true even for […]
Beyond the Battlefield: Understanding War’s Inescapable Futility
War is not profitable to the progress of humanity- even decisive battles that determine the fate and path of the human populace should take the back seat as we continue […]
The kiss of Art gives meaning to life
Imagine staring at a white lifeless blank canvas sitting on your easel. Untouched by any brush strokes. Or maybe it’s the blank pages on your computer you’re staring at. All […]
COVID-19: The race against time and why you should get vaccinated
Paranoia against vaccines and vaccination expressed in the seemingly rational form of arguments that seem well thought out and up to par with every logical test designed in the philosophy […]
Is Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy the 21st Century’s Own Mass Hysteria?
Periodically, throughout recorded history, pockets of the human population have often been suddenly plunged into fits of what has come to be known as mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness. […]
Ending the scourge of street children in Africa
Famished, dirty, unruly, filthy, neglected, and in need of parental love and affection, millions of children living this life roam the streets of most parts of sub-Saharan Africa such as […]