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Health · May, 2020

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Stories about Health from May, 2020

Quarantine debates in Zanzibar conjure memories of colonial racial segregation

Racial segregation shaped public health policies

Written by Jessica Ott

29 May 2020

‘Indonesia, whatever’: Frontline staff express frustration over COVID-19 response

Will the government's patch approach make the country a new epicentre?

Written by Juke Carolina

29 May 2020

COVID-19 tune educates, empowers Indonesia’s remote Marapu community

In the East Sumbanese Marapu community, songs are written in 'lawiti' – traditional poetic couplets

Written by EngageMedia

28 May 2020

Russian doctors’ union launches ‘map of problems’ faced by medics during COVID-19

Russia's doctors, paramedics, and ambulance drivers are struggling to be heard

Written by Maxim Edwards

28 May 2020

While Pakistan combats COVID-19, a locust swarm is devastating food supplies

There are warnings of a possible famine

Written by Quratulain Tejani

26 May 2020

COVID-19 on the front lines: An interview with Ecuador’s Red Cross

Ecuadorian branch navigates challenges with a focus on migrants.

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

Translated by Stephanie Crane

26 May 2020

Not just a number: Online memorial honors Brazil's COVID-19 victims

As Brazil's COVID-19 figures soar, people grow desensitized to them

Written by Fernanda Canofre

26 May 2020

COVID-19 diaries from Wuhan: ‘You can go outside for two hours’

Carrots are a chore, milk tea is a rare sweetness

Written by Winston Chiu

26 May 2020

Will the ‘Self-reliant India’ scheme bring relief to migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Package intended for migrant workers left out of previous schemes

Written by Devika Sakhadeo

24 May 2020

Meet the Uzbek activists using apps to connect gay men to HIV testing and care

Despite recent reforms, little has changed for LGBTQ+ Uzbeks

Written by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska

21 May 2020

Addressing ‘gaps in history’ through bush tea: A conversation with Barbadian visual artist Annalee Davis

"Dismantling the English tea set"; Part 2 of 2

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

20 May 2020

The healing effects of bush tea: A conversation with Barbadian visual artist Annalee Davis

"Art is pivotal in the curative space"; Part 1 of 2

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

18 May 2020

How a football team from Cameroon’s conflict-stricken regions defied all odds to win a maiden national trophy

'With all those negative factors ... PWD broke all odds.'

Written by Ekonde Daniel

18 May 2020

Nepali Muslims eye India's growing Islamophobia with fear

Struggling against conspiracy theories on and offline

Written by Saprina Panday, Benju Lwagun

18 May 2020

Photo contest asks Rohingya community to document their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

Over 400 images were submitted in the first three weeks

Written by Rezwan

16 May 2020

Nigerian pastor spreads COVID-19 conspiracies and disinformation

'Oyakhilome has been all kinds of messy this COVID-19 season'

Written by Nwachukwu Egbunike

15 May 2020

Truck drivers blamed for spread of COVID-19 in East Africa

Truck drivers are the heartbeat of regional trade

Written by Amanda Lichtenstein, Pernille Baerendtsen

15 May 2020

Mali holds elections despite COVID-19 pandemic and terrorist threats

These elections were held under unique circumstances

Written by Abdoulaye Bah

Translated by Laura

14 May 2020

‘If a dirt, a dirt': COVID-19 and the reopening of the Jamaican economy

"Once things have “opened up” it will be back to normal. I don’t believe it will be a “new normal” – just normal."

Written by Emma Lewis

13 May 2020

‘Corona Ciao': Parody of old revolutionary song goes viral in the Balkans

Even Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has got involved

Written by Filip Stojanovski

13 May 2020

COVID-19 diaries from Wuhan: ‘People cannot grieve freely for their relatives. How repressive!’

With COVID-19, one city's yesterday is another city's tomorrow

Written by Winston Chiu

12 May 2020

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