The UK is taking aid back to its colonial roots
Date posted: 23rd June, 2020Scrapping DfID echoes Britain's imperialist past
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How will the language of Coronavirus shape how we rebuild society?
Date posted: 13th May, 2020The language of COVID & building a fairer world
Inequality: the underlying health condition driving the Coronavirus pandemic
Date posted: 7th April, 2020Inequality in the time of Coronavirus
How do poverty and austerity measures make us sick?
Date posted: 3rd March, 2020Poverty and austerity are making us sick - here's how
In the news: IMF chief calls for higher taxes on the wealthy & increased social spending
Date posted: 14th January, 2020The International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs to go further to truly reduce inequality
Health Poverty Action responds to the potential merging of DFID with the Foreign Office
Date posted: 16th December, 2019Merging DFID with the Foreign Office is bad news for people forced into poverty all over the world
David Sanders: a tribute to a public health pioneer
Date posted: 26th November, 2019A tribute to David Sanders by Ruth Stern- a Health Poverty Action trustee and a former senior researcher and lecturer in public health at the University of Western Cape in South Africa.
David Sanders Memorial
Date posted: 6th November, 2019Please join us on December 4th to celebrate the phenomenal life of David Sanders, who dedicated his career to medicine, health and social justice.
World Food Day: Strengthening nutrition services in Sierra Leone for mothers and children
Date posted: 16th October, 2019This year marks a special World Food Day for Health Poverty Action as we launch our UK Aid Match appeal Happy Mums, Happy Tums to raise money for over 6,000 women and children in rural Sierra Leone so they can have better nutrition support.
Addressing the root cause of ‘natural’ disasters like Cyclone Idai
Date posted: 13th October, 2019We share updates on the aftermath of cyclone Idai in the Chimanimani district of Zimbabwe and explore why events like these can no longer be understood as 'natural'
