Human rights
Health
Questioning the determinants of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ health exposes some of the world’s greatest inequalities. From pollution to poverty, we explore some the causes of ill health across the world. Our journalism poses pertinent questions such as: How can we decolonize mental health services? And what role did deforestation play in the Ebola crisis? Following the Covid-19 pandemic, we increased our coverage of inequalities in vaccination access.
Vaccines alone won’t stop malaria
Malaria vaccines are welcome, but they won’t be enough to stop its disease, argues Rosebell Kagumire.
What if…we decolonized mental health services?
Husna Ara rethinks our collective response to distress.
A silver lining
Immunization expert Christopher Morgan is optimistic that the great push for Covid-19 vaccines will produce other global health benefits. He talks to Amy Hall.
The nuts and bolts
Pay attention. Thomas Abraham gives a quick lesson on how the Covid-19 vaccines work.
How to end vaccine apartheid
Rich nations vaccinate a citizen every second while the majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose. How can we end vaccine apartheid? Experts and campaigners weigh in at a New Internationalist live event.
The Gates factor
Nick Dowson investigates the oversized influence of Bill Gates on the global response to the pandemic
Vaccine equality: who gets it?
Heidi Chow on how to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for all, equitably and at scale.
The UK pursued vaccine nationalism – now it’s paying the price
Having blocked proposals from Global South countries to suspend intellectual property on Covid-19 vaccines, the UK is now on the receiving end of global vaccine politics, writes Nick Dearden.
Barefoot surgeons
In the absence of enough trained doctors, reliance on other, less-qualified health workers is growing in the Global South. Physician Neil Singh’s exploration begins with a personal encounter.
Passing it on
We meet three women bound together across borders by their caring responsibilities and struggles to meet them.
My ass and the oceans
Let down at every turn, Ally Bruener struggles to balance her own vital needs with her eco-warrior credentials.
The hidden debt of care
It’s essential work yet it is undervalued across the world. Amy Hall makes the case for putting care front and centre.
Beyond borders
A global pandemic demands we think in terms of global health, not vaccine nationalism, argues Dinyar Godrej.
Lessons from the pandemic
How can we transform the calamity that has befallen us and create healing? Vanessa Baird on the change we can be.
Covid-19 testing: Where did England go wrong?
Amelia Schofield of We Own It draws on lessons from contact tracing success stories around the world.
Introducing...Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Richard Swift on the ambiguous figure managing the WHO’s pandemic response.
The global fight for clean air
What’s in store for the future when it comes to stopping air pollution? Watch experts and campaigners discuss the fight for clean air at a New Internationalist live event.
Covid-19 cannot be an excuse for more toxic air
Air pollution kills millions of people each year. In the post-virus rush to return to ‘business as usual’, we could end up with worse air quality than ever before unless we make radical changes. Amy Hall writes.
If platforms do not protect gig workers, who will?
Coronavirus is showing that precarity and dangerous working conditions are a choice companies have been making for workers, not a necessary payoff for flexibility and independence, say Fairwork researchers*
‘Our colleagues are dying, we need PPE now’
Healthworker Coronavirus Activist Group issue an urgent call for personal protective equipment – and for the resignation of UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Profiting from crisis
The UK’s coronavirus healthcare policy exposes the farce at the core of the privatization project, writes Ellen Lees of We Own It.
Coronavirus could reshape politics as we know it
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation, argues Paul Engler.
In Ukraine, COVID-19 is a threat multiplier
Frank Martin and Eric Fritz – of the Ukrainian humanitarian organization Right to Protection – examine how coronavirus is set to make things worse for pensioners and displaced people.
COVID-19 – who gets it?
Action – and inaction – on coronavirus is an equality issue, locally and internationally, writes Vanessa Baird.
The depth of a scar: Kashmir’s PTSD crisis
A photo story by Faisal Magray explores the psychological toll of Kashmir’s decades-long conflict.
The trouble with Modicare
Privatization now comes cloaked in the language of social movements, warns campaigner Jo Land.
Time for Roundup to wind up?
After decades muddying the science, Monsanto may at last account for its weedkiller’s effects, writes Claire Robinson.
The interveners
In India, Sophie Cousins spends time with women activists who are slowly shifting the stigma around mental health and getting patients the help they need – but it’s no easy feat.
Ukraine’s war on drugs drives HIV epidemic
Spiralling rates of the diseases have punitive policies at their root. Madeline Roache reports.
Unhappy birthday NHS?
Britain's medical provision is being hollowed out by privatization, says Youssef El-Gingihy.
Why neoliberals are pushing ‘Accountable Care’ worldwide
NHS campaigner Jo Land explains why she is resisting changes through the courts.
Did deforestation cause the Ebola outbreak?
How humanity may have triggered Ebola outbreaks. By Katie McQue.
