Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s second deadliest infectious disease. Yet TB services remain out of reach for many people. Limited health education, inadequate health services and healthcare costs leave many patients undiagnosed and without treatment. Treatment can take several months, increasing the risk of death, spreading TB or drug resistance…

‘Circling’ out of UNDP’s business model dilemma By Gerd Trogemann, Manager, UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub In my previous blog post, “The primacy of relevance and trust — ‘circling’ into UNDP’s business model dilemma,” I used Mark Moore’s strategic triangle to illustrate the growing credibility and relevance gap UNDP may be…

“This plant has a lot of medicinal significance. Traditional healers have been using it for centuries to treat ailments such as diabetes and blood pressure,” says 50 year old Rigzin, from the remote valley of Miyar in the state of Himachal Pradesh, carefully plucking some berries. The shrub in question…

Having a legal identity is fundamental to human rights Percy Santos, a visually impaired college student in Honduras has acquired a technical degree in computer programming and having a new national ID has been like adding another feather in his hat. As one of the beneficiaries of the national ID…

We are facing the sixth mass extinction. In the past 50 years, nature has declined more extensively than at any other time in human history, destabilizing the whole planet. Up to 1 million species on Earth are threatened, and every day, we lose another 200 species. Today, we need 1.6…

How to celebrate the holidays waste free — The holiday season is usually an inviting opportunity to overconsume. But it needn’t be. We are already using Earth’s resources at 1.8 times the rate than they can be replaced, with dire consequences for biodiversity and our ability to fight climate change. And this year, the world population…

How ‘dirty money’ breaks everything — and what we can do to fight back Corruption is one of the scourges of modern life. Its costs are staggering. Tax abuse by multinational corporations and rich people costs about US$483 billion — enough to…

Our world is currently facing shocks from a cascade of interconnected crises. From climate change to COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis, billions of people around the world are experiencing a drop in human development, significant hardship and an uncertain future. We know in times of crises…

In Brazil, reintegration service helps former prisoners rebuild their lives Lauro José dos Santos works as a general services assistant in the capital of Mato Grosso. The 40-year-old native of Cuiabá is rebuilding his life after 12 years of imprisonment by trying to start a family and get his own…