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Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker Kavita Magdum monitors the health of infants and children / credit: Sanket Jain

Childhood Immunization Schedules Increasingly Delayed in India As Floods and Other Climate Change Impacts Get In the Way

Sanket Jain July 10, 2023 Sanket Jain

Climate change impacts have caused a delay in children’s immunization schedules throughout India, making them vulnerable to diseases. Sanket Jain reports from the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

People’s Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities

Peoples Health Dispatch June 2, 2023 Peoples Health Dispatch

During a People’s Health Tribunal, environmental, health, and human rights activists deplored extractive corporations in Africa for exploiting natural resources and for sowing poverty and disease. Peoples Health Dispatch reports.

Indigenous chiefs took part in Festival do Futuro (Future Festival) on January 1. They made the gesture with their hands that represents support for President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva / credit: Antonio Cascio

Lula Returns to Power, Welcoming an Indigenous Vision of Governance in Brazil

Natalia Torres Garzon January 30, 2023 Natalia Torres Garzon

For the first time in Brazilian history, representatives from Indigenous communities have been placed in positions of power. They told Natalia Torres Garzon respecting Indigenous territory is essential to protecting the environment. This comes after thousands of acres of Indigenous lands were seized during the term of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Dilio Muelas Morales, 62, a traditional doctor of the Misak Indigenous community in Colombia, inside the ‘Michaya,’ where he receives patients / credit: Antonio Cascio

What Health Care in Colombia Could Look Like Under the Petro Government

Natalia Torres Garzon September 26, 2022 Natalia Torres Garzon

Oppressed communities in Colombia see newly-elected President Gustavo Petro’s proposal to reform healthcare—among other aspects of Colombian society—as aligning with their culture as well as their spiritual understanding, reports Natalia Torres Garzon.

Residents of Ghalwad village were evacuated by the volunteers of a local non-profit organization / credit: Sanket Jain

Photo Essay: Diseases Spike for Indian Farm Workers As Climate Changes

Sanket Jain June 9, 2022 Sanket Jain

India witnessed the hottest March in 122 years. With temperatures several times crossing 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) in northern India, heat waves amplified the existing divisions between the poor and well-off, reports Sanket Jain.

Garbage piled up in the Tunisian city of Sfax / credit: Alessandra Bajec

Long-Running Mismanagement Behind Waste Disaster in Tunisia’s Sfax Region

Alessandra Bajec January 19, 2022 Alessandra Bajec

The months-long deteriorating environmental situation in Tunisia took a hopeful turn after the government started clearing piles of trash from the coastal city of Sfax, vowing to create a new dump. Experts and activists point to poor governance and corruption underlying the continuing waste crisis in the north African country, reports Alessandra Bajec.

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