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International aid sector looks to new business models as government funding dries up
While many charities and NGOs are down, others like MSF – with a proud history of independence – continue to thrive and save lives
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Life in the shadow of a toxic mountain of plastic waste
In Bangladesh, a booming black market for scraps of plastic has sprung up in vast rubbish tips – many of the workers are children
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‘They marry off girls because they are a burden’: The battle to save Bangladesh’s child brides
As researchers find that more than 60 per cent of Bangladeshi families practise child marriage, campaigners fight to keep girls in education
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An invisible threat lurking in the water is slowly destroying these women’s lives
Increased levels of a simple chemical is having disastrous health effects for those living in Bangladesh’s sprawling river deltas
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Gaza conflict is creating a traumatised generation of child amputees, warn medics
Gaza could go down in history for creating more amputees than any other conflict, say prosthetics experts
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The ‘spiritual Ponzi schemes’ bringing exponential wealth to African prophets
Zimbabwe’s evangelist pastors wield more influence than politicians – but do their promises of riches ever materialise for devout followers?
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The British surgeon bringing hope to generations of children with birth defects
Cleft palate, an abnormality easily corrected in Western countries, remains untreated elsewhere. One doctor is trying to change that
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‘Vaccination would have kept my child alive – that is something I will always regret’
Unvaccinated children across Africa are dying from easily preventable diseases. A new project in Ethiopia is using solar power to fix this
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Unsafe cars are being sold in poorer countries – here’s how manufacturers get away with it
As multinational car giants seek to expand in growing marketplaces across the developing world, safety is being frequently compromised
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Two children die every hour from pneumonia in this country – but vaccines are a year away
‘Children’s lives should not be sacrificed because their governments can’t afford a Gavi co-payment’
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Indonesia is moving 10 million people to this ‘jungle utopia’ - but is it all as it seems?
Indonesia plans to replace sinking Jakarta with a sustainable ‘eco city’ on Borneo – but is that the answer?
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Bike-ageddon: the country with the worst motorcycle death rate in the world
The motorbike boom reflects increasing prosperity and freedom – but it has come at a terrible human cost
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