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They were going to be doctors. Instead, they had to dodge bombs and flee war
By Maria Isabel Barros Guinle Mutwakil Ali was one step away from being able to work as a doctor in his homeland of Sudan. After graduating medical school in 2022, Ali was awaiting a hospital placement to complete his intern year and become a licensed physician — then war erupted. “We woke up from bombs…
Doctors without biodiversity? New plan prescribes actions linking human health, nature
If you read only the news headlines, you’d have learned that last month’s global summit on biodiversity — known as “COP16” — was not a success: “COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund” “The COP16 biodiversity summit was a big flop for protecting nature” “COP16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs”…