Challenges and Strategies for Improving Hemophilia Care in Refugee Settings: A Comprehensive Examination from Health Systems, Humanitarian, Legal, and Healthcare Innovation Perspectives
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the critical healthcare challenges faced by refugees, particularly the management of chronic conditions like hemophilia, in the context of displacement due to conflict, persecution, or natural disasters. The health trajectory of refugees often shifts from acute to chronic conditions as displacement extends, necessitating a shift in healthcare provision from emergency response […]
Strengthening Public Sector Health Systems For Global Progress. Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Rwanda?
ABSTRACT One challenge experienced by health systems globally is the management of complex and changing health needs in areas of constrained resources. Building and strengthening health systems can secure better health outcomes such as access, coverage, quality, and efficiency. It can be achieved through evidence-based reforms from countries that have been successful. Despite international funding […]
COP 28 – The First Global Stocktake – A Ray of Hope
ABSTRACT One of the key aspects of The Paris Agreement is to establish a method to evaluate the progress of collective efforts to meet the objectives of the Agreement to lower CO2 in the atmosphere, to mitigate and adapt to change occurring in the climate, and to set up finance systems to respond to climate […]
Law and Regulations for Deep-Sea Mining: Following the Guidance of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
ABSTRACT The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) sets the guidelines for the care of the world’s oceans. This article will review UNCLOS and how it shapes issues determining the scale on which the International Seaboard Authority (Authority) will or will not authorize deep-sea mining of resources in what has been […]
Implications of Neurocognitive Impairment-Associated Neglected Tropical Diseases in Migrant Children Upon Settlement in a New Host Country
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the critical yet often overlooked issue of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), particularly those that lead to Neurocognitive Impairment (NCI-NTDs), in the context of child migration. Amid a global migration crisis, the study underscores the ethical necessity of early screening and interventions for NCI-NTDs as these at-risk children transition into new […]
Windowless and Unintelligible: Case Studies of Diplomatic Grey Areas Within International Organizational Diplomacy
ABSTRACT An intricate web of diplomatic grey areas is prevalent within international organizations; accountability and transparency are words frequently floating around in the discussion of international relations. This paper focuses on three case studies: sexual exploitation within United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces as an expression of political corruption, coercive diplomacy as practiced by the African […]
Deradicalization as Counterterrorism Strategy: A Comparative Assessment of Egypt, Somalia, Kenya, and Nigeria Strategies
1.1. Abstract Are we all aware of terrorism? Not all of us understand the core of terrorism but most of the world’s adult population is undoubtedly aware of terrorism, a phenomenon that is as old as the existence of mankind itself. Terrorism has led to unquantifiable losses of human lives and valuable assets and has […]
Through the Opaque Looking Glass: The Li Index and Attempts to Decipher Chinese GDP Growth Rates
ABSTRACT International policy towards China faces inherent difficulty as a result of unreliability in official figures published by the Chinese state. This lessens the ability of foreign researchers and decision-makers to reach an accurate understanding of the Middle Kingdom. As a result, researchers have developed alternative methods to calculate figures like China’s real GDP growth […]
TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPMENT (IGAD)
ABSTRACT Since the cold war, regionalism and regional economic integration have been at the top of the global themes discussed in the international and regional fora. The European Union (EU) market integration triggered this trend; customs unions and free trade areas (FTAs) continue increasing and expanding in developed and developing countries. All African states participate […]
‘Til death do us part: Inside the Turbulent Relationship Between the United States and Iran
ABSTRACT Iran has returned to the news with the world’s attention focused on Russia and Ukraine. Often the odd-man-out, Iran is not only scorned by many in the West but also scorned by its own neighbors. Why? Iran has a rich cultural and religious history illuminating a mindset that sets it at odds with the […]
