Health

‘The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being’. It’s been over 70 years since these words were adopted in the Constitution of the World Health...

Mental health has been a crucial topic in recent years. It’s even more crucial today as the world deals with a pandemic leaving people locked away in their homes as an attempt to curb the spread...

In September 2019, Sudan began to form its first government since the overthrow of the longstanding former Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir and his regime. As Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok addressed the nation in a press conference...

On 16 March 2020, the Sovereign Council officially declared a public health state of emergency in an effort to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in Sudan. The decision saw the country undergo a significant power shift,...

With April coming to an end, the world is completing four months and entering a fifth month of battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The global outbreak has been an ordeal for health workers and medical professionals as...

COVID-19 has affected more than 200 countries and territories with more than 1.2 million confirmed cases, and at least 70,500 confirmed deaths. Cities are on lockdown, travel is banned, and people are asked to stay at...

COVID-19 made life a mess. It was the early work from home days. Restaurants were still accepting patrons. A Sudanese friend called me, frantic, begging to meet in person. I broke social distancing protocol because it...

Since its outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019, coronavirus (COVID-19) has been taking a gigantic toll on the global economy. It can be described as a trigger to a domino effect of a future economic...

Since the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) reached a power-sharing agreement on 5 June 2019, a much-needed grace period came into effect after eight months of ongoing protests – although protests...

According to Autism Speaks, a non-profit which was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright and grandparents to a child with autism, autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a broad range of conditions characterised...