The deaths have important symbolic value and have been associated with shifts in COVID-19 policies in some countries.
Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary health care centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues.
Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig
Whenever the crisis in Burundi is discussed, the economy is often overlooked, even though it is central to understanding the backdrop to the most severe crisis since the end of the civil war.
Ben Affleck championed the piece of legislation requiring companies reporting to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose their use of ‘conflict minerals’ originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Celebrities help make causes known to larger audiences and can be effective in obtaining pledges from policymakers. Yet their simplified advocacy messages can lead to ineffective or harmful policies.