Terrace Talk

January 30, 2020
The Australian Inferno– The Forecast is Grim

The Australian Inferno – The Forecast is Grim

By Ayesha Umar Apocalyptic wildfires-  countryside turned into charcoal –  over 1 billion animals killed on ground;  marine heatwave killing life in ocean-holiday beaches turned into […]
March 28, 2020

Pakistan’s (Mis)Information Overload Amidst Corona Outbreak

By Warda Malik “Corona is a snail that latches onto your skin,” read my mother from a WhatsApp message only two months ago. Around that time, […]
March 29, 2020

Coronavirus: “Rapid” Testing

By Dr. Ayesha Zaman & Dr. Fatima Zaman Pakistan needs to scale up rapid testing for coronavirus NOW! With only a handful of laboratories capable of […]
March 29, 2020

The Impact and Policy Responses for Covid-19 in Asia-Pacific Region

By Syed Kafait Naqvi United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) has released a timely report to discuss potential impact […]
April 2, 2020

TOGETHER: Community Organizations and Government to Fight COVID-19

By Momin Iqbal Lodhi Learners’ Republic, Tabadlab, and Akhuwat organized a virtual roundtable conference on 27th March 2020. Representatives of community organizations, healthcare professionals, social workers, […]
April 6, 2020

The Uncertainty Stressor: Response to Mental Health Implications of COVID-19

By Zulnash Shaukat COVID-19 has increased the workload on the health sector as the cases continue to increase while the curve has still not flattened out. […]
April 14, 2020

The anxiety of COVID-19 shall not outlive our resolve

By Alishba Naeem The occurrence of a pandemic is unforeseeable. While living through this point in time, it may seem that the changes our lives will […]
April 20, 2020

COVID-19: Science and Public Policy

By Maheen Attique Did we ever imagine that we would live to see the day the world would come to a stop at the expense of […]
June 5, 2020

Occupational Injuries and Workplace Safety Management Among Internal Migrant Workers

By Muhammad Umair & Lubna Naz Occupational well-being and workplace safety management are some of the leading concerns for researchers, policymakers, and governments. The International Labour […]