Fantastic results out of Bangladesh if you care about increasing livelihoods in the #GlobalSouth . THRIVE RCT demonstrates that a pair of reading glasses increases the average median income of people in low-income communities by 33.4%.

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Representing a rural constituency, can tell, it's true. Can't stand a dirty spectacle myself n they have all seen me cleaning glasses of people randomly.

Having realised the economic side of it I now think we should run a campaign.

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Muy honradas de haber sido resaltadas por Sarah Johnson en este artículo para el The Guardian junto a Esteban Polanco, miembro fundador de la Federación Campesina Hacia el Progreso en Loma de Blanco, Bonao.
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#sembraresunactopolítico

Fascinating and sobering article about clandestine #abortion in the Dominican Republic theguardian.com/global-develop…

La historia de terror de Rosa Nelly Aquino contada por su familia, quien murió en una clínica clandestina de Los Alcarrizos al practicarse un aborto, en un país desdeñoso contra las mujeres negras y empobrecidas. Sarah Johnson The Guardian aquelarre_rd
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In the Dominican Republic, there is a total ban on abortion. Despite this, there is a thriving business in the country in providing clandestine abortions. I visited and found out some of what goes on
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I went to Puerto Rico to find out why thousands of people travel to the island, without papers, in rickety boats across a dangerous stretch of sea from the Dominican Republic. Here is what I found theguardian.com/global-develop…

Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza: ‘The ghosts of Gaza follow me everywhere’ theguardian.com/global-develop…

Bored in the hospital so I put all my symptoms into ChatGPT & asked it to list the most likely dx’s in order. Of course, anxiety was at the top of the list. So I ran it again but as a male pt, and to absolutely no ones surprise, anxiety wasn’t even ON the list of possible dx’s 🙃

“Abortion is like a magic word in Poland, it provokes huge reactions. In the weeks afterwards the entire country felt that they had permission to debate my uterus and my sanity.'
Interview by Weronika Strzyżyńska theguardian.com/global-develop…

How instant noodles took over the world. Fascinating and scary reporting by Kaamil Ahmed Caroline Kimeu in Kenya and Ope Adetayo in Nigeria theguardian.com/global-develop…

Judge throws out #Kabwe lead-poisoning case against Anglo American mining

> Justice remains missing for 140,000 people, in this truly appalling situation

> I reported on it in 2017 - the most distressing story I have ever covered 👇

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Noma has been added to World Health Organization (WHO)'s list of neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs ) joining 20 other preventable & treatable diseases that affect more than 1 billion people across the world.
Thank you Sarah Johnson for covering in The Guardian. Together we can #BeatNTDs
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Je suis fière de moi

'Diallo harnessed her fury & channelled it into a life of activism' The incredible impact of woppa Diallo & AMFE SENEGAL vs #GBV & #FGM has transformed girls' lives in Matam 🇸🇳. We are proud Woppa is part of the #FemNet4GTE .
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I spoke to Woppa Diallo and Mame Bougouma Diene about their The Caine Prize for African Writing 2023 winning short story based on Diallo's experiences of gender-based violence in Senegal. She is an FGM survivor and now fights for the rights of girls in the region where she's from.

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Researchers have discovered a new cheap and effective treatment for mycetoma, a flesh and bone-eating disease. Now, war in Sudan, one country where the neglected tropical disease is endemic, threatens progress
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FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law theguardian.com/global-develop…

Half of those who are diagnosed with diabetes do not receive treatment. Three in four people with the condition live in low and middle-income countries where people cannot always access healthcare services. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise, and the situation is at its worst in sub-Saharan Africa. I spoke to a doctor in Nigeria who is seeing people die from infections that can no longer be treated with antibiotics Mirfin Mpundu DrPH ReAct Africa Network (RAN) Access to Medicine Foundation theguardian.com/global-develop…