As the ongoing crisis in my native Gaza has hit the headlines, I have found myself thinking of Gaza’s children who have been hard hit by the latest Israeli...
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The other new Dr WHO
This year’s World Health Assembly will be different. It will be the first one hosted by the new Director-General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus....
We’ve made progress, but we must keep pushing for a negotiated peace in Yemen
On the third anniversary of the conflict in Yemen, Save the Children campaigners from around the country came together to deliver a petition of over 61,000...
To have or not to have UHC, that is the challenge
Yes, the UK's National Health Service could be improved, but at the end of the day a patient can get all the care required without indebting the family. That's...
Over 1000 children injured in Gaza border protests’ deadliest day
The number of child casualties of the Gaza border protests has risen to over 1,000 after one of the most violent days yet. A 14-year-old boy was reportedly...
Corruption, UK aid and baby clothes
We’d be naive to claim aid is perfect. But the scale of corruption is nothing like as big as is often suggested. How can we make sure the truth about aid is...
Iraq: The lurking threat of explosive weapons left over from war
In September last year, following the retaking of Mosul, I visited displaced Iraqi families in the town of Haj Ali, who had fled the threat of ISIS and missile...
Under looming dark clouds, Rohingya children await a second chance
Storm clouds over Cox’s Bazar at this time of the year are bad news for the Rohingya Monsoon rains are imminent in this part of Bangladesh, one of the most...
Squeezed Out: Shrinking civil society space threatens progress toward universal health coverage
109 countries have closed, repressed, or obstructed civic space, according to CIVICUS’s State of Civil Society Report 2018. This shrinking space for civil...
Financing for Development: moving from paper commitments to tangible progress
Last week, decision-makers and thought-leaders from civil society, business and multilateral institutions came together from around the world to nail down the...