COVID-19 has been a global catastrophe killing millions, damaging economies, and impairing human development. Yet, the pandemic has also been a catalyst for much needed health system reform,…

The theme for this year’s World No Tobacco Day, "We need food, not tobacco," to be commemorated on May 31, is apt given the rising food insecurity around the world.

Imagine a world where every girl and woman and can manage her periods with dignity and without hindering her education, health, sense of self-esteem, social mobility, and economic opportunities.…

Though many trials on the effectiveness of financial incentives are encouraging, they may not generalize in novel contexts.

While the pandemic has caused widespread disruptions in people’s lives across the board, it appears to have had a disproportionate impact on the economic and mental well-being of sexual and gender…

This blog presents revised diet affordability data from Food Prices for Nutrition. These data incorporate updated income distributions and international poverty lines based on 2017 purchasing…

Investments in the early years have been proven to be among the most cost-effective ways of improving life outcomes and reducing inequality of opportunity. The recently-published Pakistan Human…

Pakistan's growing working-age population can become healthier, more educated, more skilled, more productive. A recent study by the World Bank shows that Pakistan’s Human Capital Index (HCI)…

In August 2022, a harmful invasive species, the Giant African Snail, started spreading uncontrollably in India's southern state of Kerala, causing damage to crops and posing a risk to human…

‘The Big Catch-Up’ is the theme of this year’s World Immunization Week, emphasizing the need to catch-up on the millions of children who missed out on receiving routine immunizations during the…