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Education for All at the expense of quality?
International Teachers' Day on October 5th focuses on the need for good teachers in order to reach a high standard of education. With increasing pressure to reach universal primary education and provide education for all, is quality being neglected?

Nutrition and diet
The majority of chronic disease cases occur in developing countries. Malnutrition plays a part in at least half of the 10.4 million child deaths each year. Improving the diets and nutritional intake of adults and children can reduce the burden of cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases.

id21 viewpoint: Private education is good for poor people in Africa and Asia
The accepted wisdom says that, to achieve universal basic education, massive amounts of aid need to be invested in public education systems: the Commission for Africa recommends an additional US $7 to $8 billion per year. In part this money is to be used to help countries follow Kenya's example of introducing free primary education, widely credited with bringing well over a million extra children to school.

People and protected areas
For many threatened plants and animals, protected areas are a vital refuge in the face of declining natural habitats. However, across the world they face increasing pressures. Some conservation policies are also disadvantageous for local people. What does the future hold for protected areas?

Educating young people in emergencies
Time to end the neglect
Armed conflict and natural disasters tear communities apart. Lives are lost, families are displaced and separated, and support systems break down. Opportunities for education often diminish or disappear in environments where they may have already been scarce - over half of the more than 200 million children and young people who have not completed primary school, live in regions devastated by armed conflict. The impact on adolescents and youth is uniquely devastating.

Responding to the health workforce crisis
The shortage of health workers with the right expertise and experience has reached crisis levels in many developing countries. The ability of health services to deliver care depends on the knowledge, skills and motivation of health workers. Without enough skilled staff in the right place at the right time health systems cannot function effectively and populations are left without the treatment and support they need.