Many who talk about stopping pandemics focus on more labs or faster vaccines, but a new report demonstrates that high inequality is fuelling pandemics and increasing vulnerability.

During the early years of the 20th century, the small town of Kolmanskop, which originally was just a train station, became ...

High inequality makes the world vulnerable to pandemics and creates a vicious cycle that puts public health and economies at ...

The report called on world leaders to increase pandemic preparedness by investing in "social protection mechanisms" within ...

High inequality renders the world more susceptible to pandemics, amplifies their economic devastation and lethality, and prolongs their duration, leading econom ...

The council that produced the report was led by experts including Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz, former Namibia ...

If Natangwe Ithete was fired for his anti-business attitude, there is hope that the government's distrust and outright dislike of genuine enterprise will die for the sake of improving Namibia's poor ...

Kolmanskop, a once-thriving diamond mining town nestled in the Namib Desert, is now a ghost town visited only by tourists.

High levels of inequality, within and between countries, are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics, making pandemics more economically disruptive and deadly, and making them last longer; ...

Inequality-pandemic cycle' must be broken to achieve health securityJOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 3 November 2025 - A report by world-leading ...

Africa is stepping up as a global climate solutions leader, demanding urgent action and solidarity ahead of COP30 in Brazil.

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