Out of the shadows
Hala Sakr joins those working towards breaking the code of silence that has shrouded the sufferers of epilepsy for hundreds of years

Eastern Mediterranean Declaration On Epilepsy
We call on th Global Campaign Against Epilepsy of the WHO/ILAE/IBE "Epilepsy: Out of the Shadows"...

The politics of disease
The devastating effects of the continuous economic sanctions on Iraq on the health of the people as well as the health care system are no news...

Holistic approaches
The Egyptian government has launched its strongest commitment to improving the lot of street children to date. Negar Azimi reports on the launch of the latest initiative, interviews Shahida El-Baz and reviews the latest Human Rights Watch report on the situation of street children in Egypt

Candid talk
Shahida El-Baz is a specialist in political economy with a Master's degree in law from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and a PhD in political economy from London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)...

Children without a voice
Only weeks before the government launched a plan of action for the country's estimated 150,000-plus street children, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its own report on the subject, bringing international attention to a problem of alarming proportions...