Despite independent journalists uncovering more details about last year's nerve-gas attack against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, public sentiment in the country remains unmoved. The primary reason is not that Russian citizens don't know about the crime; it is that too many just don't care.
Alexei Navalny's coming return to Russia is forcing an examination of Russians' tolerance of flagrant abuses of power.
Although the plight of major US public pension funds is nothing new, the gap between actual and assumed returns is widening faster than ever, owing to today's ultra-low interest rates. But these funds also have inherent advantages that, if used wisely, can place them on a much sounder financial footing.
explains how struggling institutional investors can meet their goals in today's financial environment.
约翰内斯堡—从2017年开始，也门遇到了现代历史上规模最大、传播最快的霍乱疫情。每天都有数千例新增报告病例，其中一大半是儿童。也门并不是唯一受霍乱疫情影响的国家：2017年，34个国家的120万多人感染了霍乱，5654人死亡。霍乱是一种可防可治的疾病，因此不应该发生这种事情。幸运的是，有理由期待这一幕不会重演。
霍乱是一种使用被霍乱杆菌污染的水或食物而引发的腹泻疾病。在污水和饮用水供应处理不力的地区，霍乱会迅速传播，因此它基本上是一种属于最贫困和最脆弱群体——幼儿、耆老和营养不良者、无家可归者的疾病。如果得不到治疗，霍乱在几小时内就可致死。治疗霍乱的方法很简单——基础补液治疗——但社会中最边缘化的成员却得不到这种治疗。
但在过去三年中，霍乱控制全球任务组（GTFCC，一个由50多家组织组成的合作项目）一直致力于消灭作为公共卫生威胁的霍乱。作为GTFCC主席，我自豪地支持我们的全球路线图，它旨在到2030年消除20个国家的霍乱并实现相关死亡人数下降90%。要实现这两个目标，就要扩大口服霍乱疫苗的使用，以及改善水、环境卫生和个人卫生（WASH）服务。
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