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IDF Europe and the quiet logistics of diabetes care in crisis
How a European diabetes network helps protect access to insulin, supplies and care during emergencies

Editorial Team SDG3
6 days ago6 min read


TELL Japan, the quiet infrastructure of mental health support
A Tokyo-based non-profit offers confidential counselling and crisis support for people navigating distress in Japan

Editorial Team SDG3
May 55 min read


Cholera resurgence exposes the global cost of climate vulnerability and inequality
A preventable disease is spreading where water systems, health services and public investment have failed

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 296 min read


Fundación Affinity and the careful case for animal-assisted therapy
A Spanish foundation has helped move human-animal bonds from sentiment into health, care and education practice

Joan Ubide
Apr 265 min read


Psychedelic medicine advances in mental health research as science tests safety, efficacy and real clinical potential
Research on psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine is expanding, but safety, regulation and clinical evidence remain decisive.

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 225 min read


HIFA and the politics of reliable healthcare information
HIFA argues that remote care cannot work fairly when patients, clinicians and policymakers lack trusted health information

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 215 min read


How Europe’s debt architecture is draining public budgets in the global south
Rising repayments to creditors linked to London and other European financial centres are squeezing health, schools and climate action

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 136 min read


Malaria vaccine rollout in Africa is testing more than science
New malaria vaccines offer real promise, but delivery, trust and funding will decide whether that promise reaches children

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 106 min read


Whether the future of healthcare is being defined less by hospitals and more by connected care
Sensors, AI tools and remote decisions are widening access, but they may also redraw inequality, trust and clinical accountability

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 76 min read


Growing up in a world that never stands still
How turning 18 shapes identity, emotional development and responsibility in a global society.

Joan Ubide
Mar 294 min read


Researchers in the HIV cure race, closer to remission, but not yet to a universal cure
Spain’s HIV scientists are helping turn rare breakthroughs into realistic remission strategies, while stigma and late diagnosis still slow progress

Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 186 min read


Prevention programmes that reduce future costs in health systems
Vaccination, screening and public health policy can cut long term costs, but prevention still gets a small share of spending

Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 176 min read


Telemedicine in rural areas, where it helps and where it does not
Remote care can widen access in rural communities, but it cannot replace clinics, staff, diagnostics, or emergency transport

Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 136 min read


School meal networks, local procurement and traceability, what is changing?
From farm to school to traceability rules, districts want shorter supply chains, but funding and logistics are tightening in USA

Editorial Team SDG3
Mar 37 min read


Global Brigades brings mobile dental care to remote villages
A volunteer-led mobile unit treated more than 200 children in Honduras, where the nearest hospital can be over three hours away on foot

Editorial Team SDG3
Feb 202 min read


London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine supports India’s response to Nipah virus outbreak
LSHTM experts strengthen surveillance and containment efforts amid rising public health concerns in west bengal

Editorial Team SDG3
Feb 55 min read


Hospice Buen Samaritano, the quiet revolution of dignified palliative care
A community based model in Argentina shows how compassionate end of life care can advance social equity and human dignity

Editorial Team SDG3
Jan 233 min read


Adopta Un Abuelo builds lasting intergenerational bonds to reduce loneliness among older people
A Spanish social innovation model combines volunteering, technology and companionship to address ageing and isolation at scale

Editorial Team SDG3
Jan 182 min read


When old age is left alone
When family support fails, too many older people slip into isolation, poverty and practical hardship.

Joan Ubide
Jan 176 min read


The launch of the “be hope – end aids” campaign
Global solidarity, innovation and shared responsibility place the end of AIDS within reach

Editorial Team SDG3
Dec 12, 20254 min read


Cheap smoke, costly consequences
How low prices, market expansion, and tax policy shape smoking in low-income countries, and who benefits

Editorial Team SDG3
Nov 13, 20255 min read


Animals that teach and heal: how integrating animal-assisted interventions in education and healthcare enhances quality of life
The growing evidence shows that structured interaction with animals benefits children, patients, older adults and students alike, improving wellbeing, learning and emotional resilience

Editorial Team SDG3
Nov 11, 20254 min read


How immunology is redefining its frontiers after the 2025 Nobel Prize
The discovery of regulatory T cells and the FOXP3 gene opens a new era in precision therapies, autoimmunity, and cancer research

Editorial Team SDG3
Oct 24, 20253 min read


The 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine reveals the immune system’s brakes
Three scientists uncovered regulatory T cells and FOXP3 to explain immune self-control

Editorial Team SDG3
Oct 14, 20253 min read
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