Politics
Health tourism can be healthy
IPN Opinion article
The benefits of trade have for too long been driven away from healthcare by ring-fenced nationalised systems and vested interests. Now evidence suggests that trade can slow the rise in healthcare costs and be a valuable source of revenue for developing countries.
Zimbabwe, Zuma - What’s going on down South?
Featuring South African MP Tony Leon, former Democratic Alliance Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and the party's former leader. A stolen election in Zimbabwe and the elevation of Jacob Zuma to the presidency of South Africa’s ANC are now dominating headlines in South Africa and the sub-region, with anti-immigrant riots topping the news at the moment.
SA should avoid Britain's public health mistakes
IPN Opinion article
The South African government is hoping to create a 'universal' health system by imposing increasingly onerous regulations on the private sector. Evidence from Britain's health system shows this is doomed to failure.
The Food Crisis and Restrictive Trade Practices
IPN Opinion article
The food crisis in Nigeria and Africa can be linked to inappropriate agricultural policies that have stifled the continent's great agricultural potential. Over the years nothing has been done to address low yields--on the contrary, it seems as though government has gone out of its way to stifle production: governments remain part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Poor medicine for poor people
IPN Opinion article
New field research by Africa Fighting Malaria shows that a third of anti-malaria drugs collected in six African cities fail at least one quality test - yet aid agencies continue to fund untested, substandard drugs.
Mugabe overstretches voters' patience
IPN Opinion article
The 18th of April is Zimbabwe's Day of Independence but, after throwing off white rule, we have still not overthrown one-man rule.
An Open Letter to the People of Kenya:Isolate Extremists, Protest Peacefully, and Save Our Country
IPN Opinion article
People are dying. The economy is faltering. If we wait for much longer, what started as political discontent will assume its own life and there will be no country to govern. Above all, we must safeguard democracy and lives of our fellow Kenyans.
In Africa, it's death by leadership
IPN Opinion article
Kibaki and Odinga are being hailed as great leaders for the political settlement in Kenya and there is even talk of a similar settlement in Zimbabwe - but leadership is part of our problem: Africa suffers from strong leaders and weak institutions.
