JOHANNESBURG, Mar 29 (IPS) – As countries around the world—from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden—relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic and start to ease pandemic-related restrictions, many of us in the tuberculosis (TB) community find it hard to relate. In TB, we know what can happen when a pandemic becomes an accepted fact.
Read the full story, “Learning from the Tuberculosis Pandemic”, on globalissues.org →

‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious?
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint