All articles by Alex Blair

Alex Blair is a UK-based reporter for GlobalData Media. He writes on topics including conflict, geopolitics, defence and sport.

Venezuela’s migration crisis and a Colombian ‘Smart Clinic’

“If one of my children gets sick, all three get sick. Sometimes, my boy would cry, asking for food but…
‘Guns for gold’: who is complicit in Sudan’s brutal war?

After nearly 18 months of displacement, starvation and genocidal violence, minimal attention has been paid to the bloody conflict still…
Does H5N1 avian influenza have pandemic potential?

The global medical community is beginning to mobilise in response to the growing threat of pandemic posed by the H5N1…
Medical outcry over fatal Israeli airstrike on Rafah tent camp

Medical organisations have denounced Israel’s airstrike on Sunday (26 May) which hit an encampment for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, killing…
‘Gaza was already in a coma’ before 7 October – Amnesty International

As more than one million Palestinians face starvation across Gaza, reserves of food and medical supplies are even smaller than…

World Air Quality Report: what are the health impacts and where is it worst?

Just seven countries had clean air quality in 2023, a new report has found, with analysts pointing to the clear…
Famine in northern Gaza “imminent” – WFP

Half of Gaza’s population, or 1.1 million people, have completely exhausted their food supplies and face “catastrophic hunger” in the…
Humanitarian crisis looms as gangs attack Haiti’s main port

Escalating violence has prompted Haiti to extend its state of emergency from three days to a month as heavily armed…
Q&A: startups to watch in tech, finance, energy, health and pharma

In a year in which artificial intelligence (AI), fintech and the internet of things (IoT) have already driven considerable change…
Why has New Zealand U-turned on the world’s first smoking ban?

Government MPs, health experts and campaigners have furiously criticised the New Zealand government’s decision to repeal what would have been…