It’s not all about United and City – sport defines Greater Manchester, boosts the economy and is essential to the overall health of the region.
Saint-Laurent du Maroni Hospital. Some of the building’s structures go back to the time when French Guiana was mainly known for its prisons.
Dennis Lamaison
French Guineans are up in arms about the territory’s overcrowded hospitals. Why is no one talking about how racism and xenophobia also affect access to health care?
Whatever we’re told, getting a decent amount of fruit and veg into our diets is a struggle. Time then to focus on designing dishes that hit the sweetspot.
A suitable disposition helps the medicine go down.
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Just about everyone wants medical care, but some want it a lot more. We discovered a personality trait that explains why it’s hard to improve health care outcomes and costs.
Some 17 million South Africans rely on social grants.
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South Africa’s social grants, which benefit a third of the country’s population, are widely celebrated. But these grants fall far short of addressing the country’s malnutrition challenge.
Chain restaurants vowed to make children’s menus healthier. But our analysis of menus across the country shows that kids’ choices still aren’t very good for them.
Eyeglasses: Put the market in perspective.
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Kenyan student doctors perform a drill during a strike to demand fulfilment of a 2013 agreement between doctors’ union and the government.
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Rebekah Brown, Monash University; Karin Leder, Monash University, and Tony Wong, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
A five-year project announced today will implement an innovative water-sensitive approach tailored to informal settlements. The goal is to revitalise 24 communities in Fiji and Indonesia.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is guided through Mbalmayo, Cameroon, a town where residents are engaged in projects to further the MDGs.
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The Millennium Development Goals failed in aspects like poverty. Lessons must be learnt to ensure that these mistakes will not be repeated by the Sustainable Development Goals.
Marketing can lead you astray.
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