Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means

Paul Hunter Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency. The committee of independent advisers who met on Thursday July 21 2022, were split on their decision on whether to call the growing monkeypox outbreak a public health…

Who runs elections and how can they be improved? Independence, resources and workforce conditions are essential for electoral integrity

In new research published about how elections are run around the world, Toby S. James, Leontine Loeber, Holly Ann Garnett and Carolien van Hamfind that organisational independence matters for well-run elections, and that election management could be improved with more resources, improved working conditions for election employees – and a better gender balance in…