by Tendayi Chirawu | 12 Feb 2021
Coming soon: students from The African Leadership Academy and The Hewitt School will meet for a one-hour webinar to discuss COVID-19 and Healthcare from their geographical perspectives. Tags:...
by Gia Gambino | 9 Oct 2020 | Africa, Contest winners, Health and Wellness, Hewitt, Youth Voices
Oil-rich Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy but spends little on healthcare, with dire consequences for its teeming population. Its census could help. A health clinic in Nigeria in 2008 (Ton Koene / VWPics via AP Images) This story won second prize in News...
by Michelle Ward | 26 May 2020 | Health and Wellness, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
We’ve long known that a mother’s love can mould a child’s behaviour. Holding the baby can improve its health for life, research now shows. A new-born baby and his mother (Wikimedia Commons/Anishadhariwal ds) They say that a mother’s hug lasts long...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 24 Apr 2020 | Decoders, Donald Trump, Health and Wellness
Its mission is to protect the world’s health. But the WHO is beholden to its 194 member nations and lacks enforcement powers. By Dylan Carlson-Sirvent The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the World Health Organization (WHO) onto center stage as nations around the...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 8 Apr 2020 | Health and Wellness, News Decoder Updates
People should not expect a quick end to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will likely last months, health journalist Maggie Fox tells a News Decoder town hall. Maggie Fox addresses News Decoder’s town hall on COVID-19, 31 March 2020 The coronavirus disease will take months...
