Project Syndicate

Agriculture’s Bad Medicine

Most of us are oblivious to the threats caused by our actions when those threats are invisible. Our use of antibiotics is a case in point

19 июня 2018 4 мин. 474

Strengthening African Science

In late March, Africa’s leading scientists, innovators, and policymakers met in Kigali, Rwanda, to brainstorm solutions to an increasingly pressing problem: the low quality of science on the continent

14 июня 2018 4 мин. 957

How to Pay for Education Gains

Africa is in the midst of an education crisis. Despite pledges to improve access to education for all children by 2030, many African governments are failing to fund this ambitious component of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is still time to address the financing shortfall, but only if new investment strategies are embraced with vigor

07 июня 2018 4 мин. 2290

Education Saved My Life

My family was murdered before I could tie my shoes. As a young boy in Sierra Leone, years that should have been playful and carefree were spent fighting in someone else’s war. For me, childhood was a nightmare; escape always seemed impossible. But when the war officially ended, in 2002, I began finding ways to recover. One of the most important has been an opportunity I couldn’t have imagined as an angry, illiterate, nine-year-old soldier: school

05 июня 2018 3 мин. 2519

The Road to a TB-Free World

When Mabruka was 18, she came home from school one day and started coughing up blood. She had been feeling sick for about two months, and when she went to a health clinic, she described symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue, shortness of breath, fever, night sweats, chills, loss of appetite, and pain when breathing and coughing. Mabruka was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and prescribed a daily regimen of 9-10 pills. The treatment lasted six months, and during that time she could not attend school

01 июня 2018 4 мин. 1790

Джордж Сорос: Как спасти Европу

Евросоюз погрузился в экзистенциальный кризис. На протяжении последних десяти лет всё, что могло пойти не так, пошло не так. Каким же образом политический проект, лежащий в основе послевоенного мира и процветания в Европе, дошёл до такого состояния?

30 мая 2018 10 мин. 3095

The Economic Imperative of Protecting Women’s Health

Mai was 17 years old when she and her boyfriend became sexually active. Because unmarried adolescents in their country cannot access contraception without parental consent, they decided to make do without. Not long after, Mai became pregnant

30 мая 2018 4 мин. 1684

The ABCs of NCD Care

The World Health Organization recently began sounding the alarm about a deadly new pathogen called Disease X. In fact, Disease X does not actually exist, at least not yet. Rather, it is part of a clever public-awareness campaign by the WHO to prepare people and governments for the threat posed by new infectious diseases

28 мая 2018 4 мин. 1649