External Affairs

A resident walks past a mural about the dangers of the Ebola Virus painted on a wall off Tubman Boulevard in Monrovia, Liberia, on September 18, 2014: Credit: Morgana Wingard/UNDP

Post the Ebola Outbreak, US Wants Some Reluctant West African Immigrants to Go Home

Public Radio International 12/06/2017

Three years ago, the US offered people from three...

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India Needs to Be More Transparent About Disease Threats

Santosh Vijaykumar 11/06/2017

The essentiality of communication when it comes to epidemics...

Forests in the province of Caqueta, Colombia on June 7, 2017. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Anastasia Moloney

As Colombia’s FARC Disarms, Rebels Begin Fight to Prevent Deforestation

Anastasia Moloney 10/06/2017

As FARC abandons its jungle strongholds, farmers push deeper...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus takes over as WHO director general on July 1. Credit: Reuters

From Financing to Divergent Interests, a Spectrum of Challenges Await the Next WHO Chief

Priti Patnaik 10/06/2017

The 70th World Health Assembly saw the election of...

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Solar Tents Improve Nutrition in Highlands Villages in Bolivia

Franz Chavez 09/06/2017

The use of this alternate energy has made it...

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Syrian Polio Outbreak Setback for Global Eradication Efforts

Tom Miles 09/06/2017

The discovery is a fresh blow for hopes of...

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India, Bangladesh Must Tackle Transboundary Floods Together

Zobaidur Rahman Soeb and Soumya Sarkar 05/06/2017

Downpours in the highlands of Meghalaya in India and...