Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has described a never-before-attempted musical feat as “uplifting and a powerful testament to the Commonwealth’s resilience”.
A blog by Mridul Upadhyay How can leaders of organisations guarantee inclusive and safe spaces for those who work for them and those with whom they collaborate? This question is often overlooked or considered unimportant. The challenge, of course, is that a focus on meeting profit and non-profit targets often takes priority over such considerations. …
One of the important aspects of the Commonwealth’s work is supporting member countries’ efforts to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases such as cancers. Last year, health advocates, cancer survivors and celebrities joined the Commonwealth’s campaign to eradicate cervical cancer in its 54 countries. We can stop cervical cancer Their message was “we can stop cervical cancer” with simple solutions such as vaccination …
How the Commonwealth is joining the fight against cancer Read More »
A blog by Promise Forsuh Twenty-five-year-old Keith Nfore* has suffered the effects of social stigmas connected to epilepsy. This, he tells me, started with his first seizure at the age of 10 when he was left to die because no one present understood what was happening or how to help him. Fearful that he had …
A pandemic of fear and lies has been unfolding alongside the pandemic of the coronavirus as COVID-19 cases rise. In Bangladesh, the number of cases is now just over 200,000*, with more than 2,600* deaths registered to date. But in this era of technology where people can see what is happening in the world while …
Health workers and survivors of the coronavirus pandemic are facing another enemy: stigmatization and discrimination, and Ghana is no exception. Currently, the *World Health Organization (WHO) reports that there are more than 23 million confirmed coronavirus cases globally. Although 810,492 people have lost their lives to COVID-19, more than 10 million people have recovered from …
On September 3, 2020, Jamaica will hold its next general elections amidst fears over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. According to the Electoral Office of Jamaica there are over 1,910,000 voters in Jamaica, but will they show up to vote on Election Day, or will they stay away due to COVID-19 fears? Akelia Douglas, …
Health Ministers from the Commonwealth’s 53 nations met in Geneva last month to discuss global health issues. Tamara McKayle, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica spoke with Deodat Maharaj, Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth about looking beyond the 2015 Millennium Development Goals deadline and shaping health issues for the Post-2015 agenda. On Millennium Development Goals …
"Planning for the world's health – 2015 and beyond" Read More »
Creating uniforms for people living with HIV is a questionable proposal, writes Lyn-Marie Blackman, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados, who argues the concept could do more damage than good. The well-noted HIV pandemic has been around for the past thirty years. However, HIV has now been deemed a chronic illness, which means that an individual …
"Uniforms for HIV/AIDS ‘victims’ not acceptable" Read More »
Updates from West Africa describe the Ebola outbreak in the number of people contracting and dying from the virus, but as Timi Olagunju, 28, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lagos in Nigeria explains, the outbreak is also affecting the way people communicate and do business. For a start, let us put a perspective to the term ‘language’. …
"How Ebola is redefining the language of business" Read More »