Doctors as border police: what happened to 'first, do no harm'?

Jul 21, 2019 11:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Building trust and acting in the patients best interests are guiding principles of medical practice. This is especially true when caring for vulnerable and marginalised people, such as undocumented migrants. They often...

How women and the moon intertwine in literature

Jul 21, 2019 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In the late 17th century, the female English playwright Aphra Behn wrote a smash hit play about a man obsessed with the moon, who was constantly travelling there in his imagination. Exactly 282 years later, Neil Armstrong...

China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to defend its record in Xinjiang – what is its endgame?

Jul 21, 2019 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views

A letter signed in early July by 22 Western countries, including the UK, Australia, Canada and France, raised serious concerns to UN officials about Chinas incarceration of Uyghur people in so-called education camps in the...

South Africa's carbon tax matters -- for the economy and tackling climate change

Jul 21, 2019 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Carbon tax is likely to be an effective way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to climate change and have negative consequences for human life. But the carbon tax thats been introduced in South Africa could...

HIV in Kenya: high risk groups aren't getting the attention they need

Jul 21, 2019 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Efforts to manage the HIV epidemic in much of sub-Saharan Africa need to specifically target sections of the population that are most vulnerable to HIV infection. Two such key populations include men who have sex with men...

South Africa's state owned companies: a complex history that's seldom told

Jul 21, 2019 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The problems of South Africas state owned enterprises are in the headlines every day. Yet many have existed for over 80 years. Why were they established in the first place and how have they survived this long? Their...

No-deal Brexit: does latest parliamentary vote make it less likely?

Jul 21, 2019 11:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

MPs voted on July 18 to back an attempt to stop the UK government from shutting down parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit in late October. Four cabinet ministers abstained and 17 Conservative MPs rebelled over...