External Affairs

Healthcare activists protest against the Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files

What the US Senate’s Mystery Healthcare Bill Could Look Like

Reuters 26/07/2017

For seven years, Republicans promised to repeal and replace...

Extreme weather and conflict have a particularly accute impact on female farmers in the Philippines. Credit: PWRDF, CC BY-SA

In Philippines, Rural Women Bear the Brunt of Both Climate Change and Conflict

Alvin Chandra and Karen Elizabeth McNamara 25/07/2017

The impact of climate change is exacerbated by conflict...

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks to reporters after the Senate voted to remove the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 6, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

McCain to Return to the US Senate to Cast Pivotal Vote for Healthcare Bill

James Oliphant 25/07/2017

The urgency of the senate Republican effort to pass...

Archibald Cochrane, breast cancer screening, clinical trials, Cochrane Collaboration, conflict of interest, evidence-based medicine, Hilda Bastian, HPV, human papillomavirus, Peter Gøtzsche, pre-cancer, psychiatric medications, randomised controlled trials

Out-of-Sight RCEP Negotiations Threaten Public Health and Access to Medicines

Tahir Amin 25/07/2017

Although the draft text of the RCEP agreement is...

View towards a smog-filled Ulaanbaatar from the Zaisan Memorial. Credit: Flickr/Einar Fredriksen

Thanks to Climate Change, Mongolia Now Has a Smog Problem

Public Radio International 23/07/2017

Climate change is forcing many of Mongolia's nomadic herders...

Damascus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Wurzelgnohm

Is Syria Really a ‘Climate War’? Examining the Links Between Drought, Migration and Conflict

Lina Eklund and Darcy Thompson 23/07/2017

An over-emphasis on environmental stress overlooks the role of...

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As India’s Love for Light Skin Continues, Some Younger Women are Pushing Back

Neha Mishra and Ronald Hall 22/07/2017

Aranya Johar's Brown Girl’s Guide to Beauty, a spoken-word...