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Health · August, 2020

Stories about Health from August, 2020

Bangladesh battles the country's longest-running floods since 1998

Hundreds have died, and over a million find themselves displaced or marooned

Written by Samaya Anjum

29 August 2020

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the environment

Challenges at the intersection of health, ecology, and climate science

Written by Kevin Rennie

28 August 2020

Why women’s rights and digital rights go hand-in-hand on Namibian Twitter

Activists wage a fight for abortion rights on Twitter

Written by Lisa Ossenbrink

25 August 2020

From dubplates to debates: Election campaigning in Jamaica during a pandemic

Could issues be taking a back seat to music mixes?

Written by Emma Lewis

19 August 2020

Will China's color-coded COVID-19 tracking system come to Hong Kong?

The system implemented in mainland China tracks people's whereabouts

Written by Oiwan Lam

18 August 2020

It's time to tackle post-COVID-19 mental health

Patients suffer delirium, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder

Written by Joel Herrera Translated by Ellie Weekes

17 August 2020

Women's cooperative in Srebrenica produces ‘protective masks for everyone’

"There are not a lot of us in Srebrenica and we need to stick together through communion and mutual care."

Written by Balkan Diskurs

12 August 2020

Kenyan families suffer spillover effects from school closures

Kenya's 'out-of-school learning' curricula requires digital access that many lack

Written by Bonface Witaba

11 August 2020

COVID-19 and China's information control policy

China's strategy to control information and its consequences has become a global concern

Written by Weiboscope HKU

7 August 2020

Calls, SMS, and radio: How pre-internet tech helps low-income children's schooling in India's lockdown

'It’s like Zoom, minus the video and the interaction'

Written by Rezwan

7 August 2020

Can Sudan's new government solve the annual mass flooding crisis?

Nafeer, a youth-led initiative, aims to create a crisis plan

Written by Khattab Hamad

6 August 2020

Anti-pandemic measures in their home countries deter EU tourists from visiting North Macedonia

Tourism in North Macedonia is suffering because of the lack of foreign visitors, and people in the industry are appealing for additional government aid.

Written by Filip Stojanovski

1 August 2020

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