Yukiko Ito has bilateral microtia, a congenital condition which means that her ears aren’t fully formed. As a teenager she became the first person in Japan to be fitted with a bone anchored hearing device, and has since worked to raise awareness around both the device and microtia itself. Continue →
Q&A | Luis Paiva on the programme helping 50M Brasilians to exit poverty
Brasil’s Bolsa Família programme has been credited with helping to significantly reduce levels of absolute poverty and inequality in Brasil. Continue →