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Egypt: The plight of health institutions
Written by Fady Salah
Out of the 91 million people who make up the total population of Egypt, only 83 million currently live in Egypt, according to the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. Among them, tens of thousands of medical students graduate every year from Egyptian universities to join the ranks of […]
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America’s most vulnerable: mental health clinic shows extent of need
Written by Kristin Deasy
“America,” “affordable,” and “health care” — three terms that just don’t seem to go together.
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Costing over quality in Sri Lanka’s healthcare system
Written by R Mukkath
The aftermath of the civil war has left Sri Lanka recuperating, rebuilding and restructuring and while healthcare occupies a fairly prominent place on the government’s agenda, there is still everything to do in terms of the quality of the drug supply. This island country is prone to natural disasters and […]
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Learning to dance the waltz in Australia?
Written by gj.lyons
Known as the unofficial anthem of Australia, ‘Waltzing Matilda‘ is a song we learn from a young age. The title gives the impression of a woman named Matilda who dances. It’s a little more complicated however, I assure you. Waltzing Matilda is a bush ballad written about the life of […]
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The Ghost of Artemio Cruz
Written by Samuel George
The Mexico of Artemio Cruz was supposed to be dead. The Mexico of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI); of corrupt and cynical insiders such as Carlos Fuentes’ fictional character was supposed to have ended with the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, or perhaps with the […]
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Our 2nd Future Challenges Reader is published: The New City
Written by Mario Wiedemann
A few weeks ago we published the first in a series of Future Challenges Readers. Now it’s time for volume 2. In “The New City” we go on a hunt for ideas that are helping cities worldwide manage their growing populations. From Masdar City near Abu Dhabi to Toronto, Canada, cities […]
