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Cordaid in Uruzgan: promoting health care in a war zone Format Despite the odds of war, Uruzgan’s health care system is getting better and stronger. Has Cordaid’s 2001-2018 commitment in the Afghan province anything to do with this encouraging fact? And how did we stick to our health care mission in the complexity and volatility of conflict? One Dutch and one Afghan expert come with answers to these and other questions. Uruzgan: one of Afghanistan's most challenging provinces But first, some background. Today, despite ISAF's massive efforts between 2001 and 2014 to train the Afghan army a...

For more than a century, the Indonesian island of Belitung has been mined for its tin. But visitors to its boulder-strewn shores will soon discover a wealth of scenic splendor and just-caught seafood to boot—not to mention the comforts of a new five-star beach resort. Photographs by Christopher P. Hill Left to right: A view of the beach at Pulau Lengkuas from atop the island’s 19th-century lighthouse; a covered pathway leading to Sheraton Belitung’s Island Restaurant. “It’s as beautiful as the Seychelles, but a lot more affordable,” says Frenchman Thierry Bratic ...