New figures show that world prices are at their highest level since the organisation started measuring them in 1990 – topping prices seen in June 2008 at the height of the last global food crisis. Why is it happening and what can we do about it?
A new report from Oxfam, "Eye on the ball" discusses how poor-quality medicines pose a serious threat to patients and public health in developing countries. The World Health Organisation estimates nearly one-third of all countries lack adequate drug-regulatory capacity to monitor medicines safety.
Besides rural villages the floods devastated the lives and livelihoods of people living in urban areas like Aman Kot near Mingora, Swat. Here Oxfam together with local partner Lasoona are the only non-governmental organisations working with people who have lost everything.
Oxfam spokesman in Pakistan, Amil Khan spoke recently with Santilla Chingaipe from SBS, warning that the crisis in flood-affected Pakistan is far from over. In a new report, Oxfam says the situation could deteriorate if more aid is not provided, and that despite a massive aid effort, tens of thousands of people are still in […]
Since the first cases of cholera appeared in Haiti in October 2010, Oxfam has taken action to prevent it's spread. We've reached more than 700,000 people with sanitation and hygiene promotion programs since. Sophie Martin Simpson, Oxfam’s Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in Haiti, explains what we and local communities have achieved.
The Academy Awards may be over a month away still, but the Oscar nominations have just been announced and two green-themed documentaries have been nominated!
Investigations by environmental NGO Greenpeace East Asia have uncovered serious environmental degradation, including high concentrations of heavy metals, in Chinese manufacturing centres Xintang and Gurao.
Lan Marie reports from the island nation of Tuvalu, as the sea levels rise for the yearly king tide.
Which earns more: the state of Wisconsin or Finland? This new tool enables you to compare the GDP of US states vs their nearest equivalent country.
In 2010, we asked you what you thought about our campaign work. Here are the results.
