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	2011 DECEMBER Dec. 28, 2011 Scientists in Kenya Try to Fend Off Disease Threatening World's Wheat Crop Scientists in Kenya's Rift Valley are taking part in a complicated and protracted global fight against Ug99, a fungal disease called wheat rust that could destroy 80 percent of all known wheat varieties. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports as part of the Under-Told Stories Project.

	Dec. 27, 2011 In Peru, Gold Rush Leads to Mercury Contamination Concerns In remote regions of the Peruvian Amazon, extensive gold-mining operations have stirred major environmental concerns over mercury contamination in fish, fish-eating wildlife and humans. In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports.

	Dec. 23, 2011 Unlikely Education Leader Links Business and Schools in Morocco Mhammed Abbad Andaloussi has gained worldwide recognition for his efforts to improve schools in Morocco by linking them to business mentors, and by creating programs to teach students to be entrepreneurs.

	Dec. 21, 2011 In Morocco, 20,000 Imams Trained to Teach HIV/AIDS Awareness, Compassion The taboo topic of HIV, particularly how to prevent it and treat it, rarely surfaces in public ways in Muslim societies, but religious leaders across Morocco are trying to change that. Ray Suarez reports.

	Dec. 21, 2011 Slide Show: An Imam with an HIV Prevention Mission On Wednesday's NewsHour, the global health unit reports on how Morocco is training imams to educate people in their communities about the HIV virus.

	Dec. 21, 2011 An Imam with an HIV Prevention Mission Imam Mohamed Ziani talks about HIV prevention at his mosque and teaches other imams how to do the same in their communities.

	Dec. 21, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: Morocco Battles HIV, Stigma Through Mosques Ray Suarez with Imam Mohammed Ziani, who helps train other imams to talk about HIV in their communities.

	Dec. 20, 2011 Scenes From Morocco: A Nation in Flux Morocco is a conservative, mostly Muslim country whose king has taken on voluntary political reforms in the wake of the Arab Spring.

	Dec. 19, 2011 Morocco Avoids Arab Spring Violence, but Progress Is Mixed on Reforms In 2009, a Moroccan newsmagazine worked with a French pollster and asked a simple question: "Do you approve of the King?" The results are something democratically elected politicians anywhere in the world would give their eye teeth for: More than 90 percent told the pollsters they approve of King Mohammed the VI.

	Dec. 16, 2011 Preview: Is Morocco's 'Evolution Not Revolution' Working? Ray Suarez and the NewsHour team traveled to Morocco to see where reform efforts stand in light of the Arab Spring revolts in northern Africa, as well as another progressive program ongoing in the country -- a campaign to train imams to talk about HIV/AIDS in mosques.

	Dec. 13, 2011 Mysterious Kidney Disease Killing Central American Men In Central America's sugarcane fields, more and more workers are falling ill with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling to find the cause.

	Dec. 9, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. This week, strides in experimental HIV therapy and surprising news about fatal snake bites in the United States.

	Dec. 9, 2011 Night Satellite Images Give Clues to Measles Outbreaks A team of researchers tracked satellite images of three cities in Niger and found that fluctuations in nighttime brightness were strongly correlated to measles incidence, according to results published in this week's Science.

	Dec. 8, 2011 Aid Groups: Children in North Korea at Risk for Starvation this Winter North Korea is approaching another severe food crisis, according to international relief groups, after floods and a brutal winter have cut into crop production, creating severe food shortages in the country.

	Dec. 5, 2011 After String of Disasters, Aid Organizations Struggle to Meet Demands Private aid organizations are struggling to maintain their funding levels for relief efforts in the wake of multiple crises around the world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the trend as part of the Under-Told Stories project.

	Dec. 4, 2011 The Gray Area of Gay Refugees A gay Ugandan couple fled to a Kenyan refugee camp after being disowned by their families and threatened by their community.

	Dec. 2, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	Dec. 1, 2011 For HIV Advocates, 'Unprecedented' Moment Collides with Fiscal Worries As the United States marks World AIDS Day, the mixture of hope and uncertainty is particularly potent for patients: At the very moment it seems the technology and know-how may finally be in place to bring about a virtual end to the epidemic in the U.S., advocates say their funding base has never been more uncertain.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 30, 2011 Q&A: Money Woes Force Global Fund to Refocus on Essential Programs Several big donors suspended funding this year after reports of corruption in recipient countries. Last week, the Global Fund said it will be unable to give new grants through 2014 because of the impact of economic woes on donor governments.

	Nov. 29, 2011 Tainted Rice Part of China's Pollution Problem Reports show that up to 10 percent of rice grown in China contains cadmium.

	Nov. 28, 2011 Trial for HIV Prevention Gel Halted, No Protection Shown A clinical trial testing a microbicide gel once hailed as a highly promising new approach to HIV prevention is being shut down early because early results show no protection from the disease.

	Nov. 25, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets The NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development, including an update on how the economic crisis has impacted funding for AIDS, TB and malaria.

	Nov. 23, 2011 On Plenty and Poverty: Thinking About Food at Thanksgiving It's the kind of conversation that sticks with you -- I was talking to a young father who sells shoes on a patch of public park in Maputo, Mozambique. He buys shoes from a middleman, and the razor-thin gap between his cost and his sale to a passerby forms his profit for peddling his wares 10 hours a day.

	Nov. 22, 2011 Update: Separated Twin Sisters Reunite in Vietnam When the NewsHour's global health team first met thirteen-year-old Isabella Solimene, she shared a memorable story of being separated from her twin sister as a baby in Vietnam. Recently, she traveled with her family to Vietnam to meet her sister Ha.

	Nov. 18, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	Nov. 17, 2011 Cholera Threatens World's Largest Refugee Camp The heavy rains soaking the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya - the largest in the world - would normally mean relief for the many refugees who fled drought and famine conditions in Somalia. But this year the rains have also caused an uptick in cholera.

	Nov. 16, 2011 'Espresso' Machine of TB Tests Cuts Diagnosis Time A new machine that can detect multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in record time may revolutionize treatment.

	Nov. 15, 2011 One Mother's Story of Teen Pregnancy in Nicaragua Marling del Socorro Valverdi was just 16 when she had her first baby. Now as a 22-year-old mother of three young children, she and her husband are struggling to make ends meet. Her story reflects a larger phenomenon: Nicaragua has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world, and the highest in Latin America.

	Nov. 11, 2011 Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country's Young Via New Vaccine Each year, pneumonia kills more children around the world than malaria, measles and HIV combined. Ray Suarez reports from Nicaragua on efforts to combat the lung infection, which is the leading killer of children under the age of five.

	Nov. 11, 2011 Slide Show: Children in Nicaragua Up Against Difficult Odds Friday night on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez looks at the threat of pneumonia among Nicaragua's children, who face difficult odds to survive and prosper into their young adult years. They are 44 percent more likely to die before their fifth birthdays than the Latin American average, according to the World Health Organization.

	Nov. 11, 2011 Nicaragua's Children Face Difficult Odds Nicaragua is one of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries and children there are 44 percent more likely to die before the age of 5 than the regional average.

	Nov. 10, 2011 Global Vaccine Campaign for Top Baby Killer 'Unprecedented' The number one killer of young children around the world isn't malaria, measles or HIV. It's pneumonia, and each year more children die from the lung infection than from those three, much higher-profile diseases combined. But a global push to bring a vaccine to communities that need it most is ramping up quickly.

	Nov. 9, 2011 Somali Refugees Seek 'New Normal' in Ethiopian Camp The Hilaweyn refugee camp was set up just a few weeks ago and it already looks like any other dusty small town anywhere in rural Africa.

	Nov. 8, 2011 Russia's Shrinking Population Mars Putin's Superpower Ambitions Despite Vladimir Putin's efforts to encourage population growth in Russia, women have too few children and Russian men are dying young.

	Nov. 4, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	Nov. 3, 2011 Suarez: When Is a Democracy 'Good Enough?' Ray Suarez reflects on the political climate in Nicaragua, where the NewsHour global health team has a series of reports on the upcoming election and efforts to bring lifesaving vaccines to the country's children.

	Nov. 2, 2011 Virus Hunter Tracks New and Deadly Pathogens Around the Globe Stanford University biologist Nathan Wolfe is the founder and director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative and one of the world's more prominent virus hunters. Ray Suarez and Wolfe discuss his new book, "The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age," and new viruses emerging around the planet.

	Nov. 2, 2011 'Self-Destructing' Syringes Force Safer Injection Practices An estimated 1.3 million deaths -- and 21.7 million new Hepatitis B infections -- occur each year as a result of re-using syringes. Organizations like UNICEF and the WHO have moved to syringes that "self destruct" after one use to protect patients from contracting blood-borne diseases.

	Nov. 1, 2011 Underage Marriage Brings Dire Consequences for Nepal's Girls About 51 percent of Nepalese marry as children, causing devastating consequences for young girls' health and well being.



	OCTOBER Oct. 31, 2011 Bio-Tech Breakthrough Could End Malaria Drug Shortages A synthetic biology breakthrough, achieved at laboratories in northern California, could expand access to malaria treatment around the globe beginning in 2012.

	Oct. 31, 2011 U.N. Refugee Chief: 'Terrible' to Know Somalis Are Dying Out of Reach A recent spate of kidnappings of relief workers and clashes with al-Shabab militants are preventing aid from reaching those most in need U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, who recently visited refugee camps, spoke to the NewsHour about the crisis.

	Oct. 28, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	Oct. 27, 2011 Slide Show: Life in Nicaragua, Surviving on Less than $2 a Day Barely scraping by is a way of life for many families here -- about 76 percent of the population survives on less than $2 a day, according to the U.N. World Food Programme. The NewsHour global health team reports.

	Oct. 26, 2011 Market Deal Brings Life-Saving Vaccine to Poor Countries The GAVI Alliance, formed as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, worked to find a way to close the yawning gap between great danger to children and a life-saving medicine, between deep poverty in Nicaragua and Pfizer's high costs, through an advanced market commitment.

	Oct. 26, 2011 Life in Nicaragua, Living on Less than $2 a Day Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere, and 76 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day.

	Oct. 25, 2011 Cocaine Use Spikes Along New Trafficking Routes At the lowest point of Mauricio Aguilar's battle with drug addiction, he stayed high for days at a time and slept on the streets of Managua at night. His story of addiction is an increasingly common one in Nicaragua, and in other countries along the major drug-smuggling routes from South America to the United States.

	Oct. 24, 2011 Ortega Widens Lead in Nicaragua Presidential Race, Voters Focus on Jobs Incumbent president Daniel Ortega's bid for a controversial and unprecedented third term appears to have strong support in the polls, as voters focus on the economy.

	Oct. 21, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week, the Global Health unit rounds up the most interesting developments from the Twitterverse. This week, a disturbing new report on cholera deaths in Haiti and a breakthrough in malaria prevention.

	Oct. 20, 2011 Rwanda's Government Moves to Close Orphanages Rwanda plans to place every child living in an orphanage with a family, worrying teens who have lived in orphan communities for years.

	Oct. 19, 2011 India's Growth Held Back by Overpopulation The population gap between rising economic powers India and Brazil is on display in the countries' largest cities.

	Oct. 18, 2011 Study: Experimental Vaccine Cuts Malaria Cases in Half For the first time, Phase III results of an experimental malaria vaccine showed significant protection against the deadly disease, raising hopes that a vaccine could be in use as early as 2015.

	Oct. 17, 2011 What Famine Refugees Are Eating Tens of thousands of Somalis have starved to death this year from drought and famine conditions, says the United Nations, bringing a new level of urgency to World Food Day activities held over the weekend. See how the World Food Programme's "food basket" of rations breaks down.

	Oct. 14, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers.

	Oct. 13, 2011 2 Million Deaths a Year Attributed to Pollution from Indoor Cookstove Fires Smoke exposure inside the home can cause respiratory diseases, lung cancer and pneumonia. These cooking methods are the leading cause of environmental death around the world, according to the World Health Organization.

	Oct. 12, 2011 Foreign Aid Advocates Fight Cuts to Programs That 'Save Lives' Aid programs took a hit earlier this year-- $8 billion was slashed from the State Department and international program budgets in the spring-- and more than 200 non-governmental organizations are joining forces to call for an end to new cuts.

	Oct. 11, 2011 WHO: Global TB Cases Decline for the First Time For the first time on record, the number of people suffering from tuberculosis around the world is dropping -- data reveal a drop in tuberculosis cases from 9 million in 2005 to 8.8 million in 2010 -- but a drug-resistant strain of the disease continues to spread at an alarming rate.

	Oct. 7, 2011 Virus Hunters Stalk the Next Global Epidemic Ask the not-so-simple question of one of the world's leading virologists, "What is a virus?" and the reaction is immediate. He sits up in his chair, throws one leg over another.

	Oct. 7, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers.

	Oct. 6, 2011 Faking Blood Tests to Avoid Discrimination in China Carriers of hepatitis B routinely battle discrimination, now a new service offers to fake clean test results.

	Oct. 5, 2011 War-Torn Liberia Struggles to Care for Mentally Ill After decades of civil war, Liberia struggles to provide mental health care for its citizens. In partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting, special correspondent Kira Kay reports.

	Oct. 5, 2011 Treating the Psychological Scars of Liberia's Conflict After a brutal civil war, an estimated 40 percent of Liberians suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but mental health is just now becoming a priority in the West African nation.

	Oct. 5, 2011 Text-Messaging for Health Still Has Its Challenges At first glance, text-messaging health alerts to poor, rural populations with widespread mobile phone use is a no-brainer. But what about the challenges of providing useful information and the simple act of re-charging phones in isolated spots?

	Oct. 4, 2011 Research Linking Contraceptives to HIV Raises Policy Questions A study showing injected hormonal birth control could make women more vulnerable to HIV is raising big questions about medical guidance in regions with high HIV rates.

	Oct. 3, 2011 India's Massive School Lunch Program Aims to Curb Widespread Malnutrition The economy in India is growing rapidly, but not fast enough to take care of its millions of poor and hungry children. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a solution that has resulted in the world's largest school lunch program.

	Oct. 3, 2011 Somalis Desperate for Aid on the Deadly Streets of Mogadishu With the backdrop of violence and instability in Somalia, a severe drought has more than 3 million Somalis experiencing famine conditions. Starving families are fleeing the country for large-scale refugee camps in bordering nations, or leaving their barren farms for Mogadishu, desperate for aid.

	Oct. 3, 2011 Brutal Violence, Famine Create Crisis in Mogadishu South African aid group Gift of the Givers is providing food and medical aid in Mogadishu, plagued by a long legacy of lawlessness and violence.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 30, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets The NewsHour Global Health unit rounds up the week's most interesting tweets, including a ruling by Mexico's Supreme Court saying life begins at conception and protests by aid groups over delays in sending food to famine-stricken North Korea.

	Sept. 29, 2011 Medical Workers in Bahrain Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison Twenty doctors and nurses jailed during the spring revolt against Bahrain's ruling monarchy received sentences of up to 15 years in prison Thursday on a range of charges including provoking sectarian hatred and taking part in efforts to overthrow the regime. Human rights groups have harshly criticized the verdicts.

	Sept. 28, 2011 Mexico Nears Universal Health Care Goal As the United States continues to debate the legality of President Obama's healthcare law, south of the border Mexico is preparing to celebrate a healthcare milestone of its own: universal coverage.

	Sept. 28, 2011 Pakistan's 2011 Floods Pakistanis seek high ground after flooding in August 2011 drove at least 200,000 from their homes.

	Sept. 27, 2011 $1 Billion Vaccine Push Aims to Protect Children in Poor Countries An international alliance of private donors and governments has approved $1 billion for more than 30 developing countries to buy vaccines to protect against deadly childhood diseases.

	Sept. 26, 2011 Rapid Testing Sharply Cuts HIV Patient Drop Out Rate With the use of new rapid test kits -- which measure immune system health without having to send samples off site to laboratories and waiting for results -- researchers in Mozambique nearly doubled treatment enrollment and cut the number of patients lost almost in half.

	Sept. 23, 2011 'Contagion' Reality Check: CDC Experts Explore Some of the Film's Scenarios So just how plausible is some of the science represented in "Contagion"? A group of Centers for Disease Control experts helped the NewsHour sort through some of the facts.

	Sept. 22, 2011 Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense Girl Effect is an initiative of the Nike Foundation, that focuses on intercepting girls in poverty at a crucial inflection and development point -- age 12 -- and providing them with the resources to break the cycle of poverty.

	Sept. 21, 2011 India's Bias for Boys In India, aborting a fetus based on its sex is illegal, but the practice is common due to a societal preference for boys.

	Sept. 20, 2011 World's Rising Powers Face Growing Economic Threat of Diabetes, Heart Disease Emerging powers like Brazil, Russia, China and India will face mounting health threats diabetes and other diseases.

	Sept. 20, 2011 Can Food Industry, Governments Work Together to Fight Obesity? Food and beverage companies that make fatty, sugary products tend to not be viewed kindly by public health workers on the front lines, locked in an unending battle with obesity and its related diseases.

	Sept. 20, 2011 USAID Chief: Somalia Must 'Stop Standing in the Way' of Aid Rajiv Shah, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, says aid agencies are working to access areas in Somalia hard-hit by famine but face a "highly dangerous" environment.

	Sept. 19, 2011 Tab for Non-Communicable Diseases to Top $47 Trillion by 2030 The escalating epidemic of non-communicable diseases could could cost the world $47 trillion over the next two decades, according to a report published Monday as United Nations representatives open a two-day, high-level meeting on the issue.

	Sept. 16, 2011 Non-Communicable Disease Primer: Where Does the World Stand? More than 36 million people die each year around the globe from diabetes, cancer, and heart and lung disease -- more than the number of deaths from all infectious diseases combined. The U.N. will spend two days next week addressing what can be down to address the problem.

	Sept. 16, 2011 Global Health Twitter Roundup Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers.

	Sept. 15, 2011 Experimental Malaria Vaccines Attack the Parasite in New Ways Research in the New England Journal of Medicine shows for the first time that a vaccine targeting the malaria parasite at the blood stage, which is when the parasite is emerging from the liver into the patient's bloodstream, could provide protection against specific strains of the disease.

	Sept. 14, 2011 Domestic Abuse Hidden but Pervasive in China About 64 percent of Chinese adults have experienced violence at home at some point, according to a recent study, but it remains a taboo topic.

	Sept. 13, 2011 Bush, PEPFAR Reunite to Cut Cancer Deaths Whenever George W. Bush's presidential legacy is discussed, the ground-breaking global HIV initiative he created is mentioned as a high point. It made the United States a major force in the global battle against the epidemic and brought him praise across sub-Saharan Africa.

	Sept. 12, 2011 Addressing Maternal and Infant Health Problems Creatively More than 350,000 women die each year around the globe from complications of childbirth, and 3 million children die in the first month of life. But some promising and innovative projects could help change those statistics.

	Sept. 9, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets A look at the week's top tweets in the global health community, from Britain ending its ban on gay men donating blood to an iron-fortified "super rice" to provide nutrition in poor nations.

	Sept. 8, 2011 The Silent, Deadly Epidemic of Non-Communicable Disease The world's global health news has been so dominated by infectious culprits -- HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza -- that it's easy to forget just how big a toll conditions like diabetes, cancer and heart and lung disease take.

	Sept. 7, 2011 Heart Disease, Diabetes to Take Center Stage at U.N. For only the second time in history, the U.N. general assembly will hold a high-level meeting on a health issue later this month. On the agenda: the global problem of non-communicable diseases including diabetes, cancer and heart ailments.

	Sept. 5, 2011 Discrimination Haunts Pregnant Women with HIV HIV-positive women in Kenya face resistance when they want to become mothers.

	Sept. 2, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. This week, learn more about IKEA's $62 million donation to famine victims.

	Sept. 1, 2011 iPods and Androids Could be Cancer Detection Tools A newly developed device run by an iPod Touch, iPad or Android tablet could help diagnose cancers in poor or rural settings, researchers say. The hand-held and solar-powered system, called a Gene-Z, can perform analysis of blood samples in the field.



	AUGUST Aug. 31, 2011 Slide Show: Newborn Mortality Rates Around the World The number of global newborn deaths each year fell by 1.3 million over the last two decades, but the first month of life is still one of the most dangerous times for infants and children. View the slide show to find out how countries ranked.

	Aug. 31, 2011 The Best and Worst Countries for Babies From1990 to 2009, annual newborn deaths decreased from 4.6 million to 3.3 million worldwide. Find out which countries with a population over 1 million performed best and which were the worst.

	Aug. 30, 2011 Report: Japan's High Suicide Rates Linked to Unemployment According to government figures, 30,707 people committed suicide in Japan in 2009. The especially high suicide rates over the last 12 years appear to be linked to negative socioeconomic factors, according to a new Lancet report.

	Aug. 30, 2011 Brazil's Shifting Views of Church, Abortion and Lifestyle Today, in what remains the world's largest Roman Catholic country, 80 percent of women of childbearing age are on some form of artificial contraception, long forbidden by the Church.

	Aug. 29, 2011 Obama Initiative Targets Malnutrition in Guatemala Chronic malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to the deaths of children under 5 in Guatemala.

	Aug. 26, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. This week, find updates on the humanitarian situation in Libya amid ongoing fighting and a look at a hand-held device that may help detect cancer.

	Aug. 25, 2011 Obesity Rates Rising Worldwide, Half of U.S. Could Be Obese by 2030 The world is getting fatter, and packing on the pounds is not just for wealthy nations anymore. Obesity is sweeping into low and middle-income countries, reports the World Health Organization's obesity center.

	Aug. 25, 2011 'Long-term' Needs Grow in Horn of Africa as Drought Shows No Signs of Abating Many in East Africa, still suffering from drought and hunger, are streaming into refugee camps as other countries try to close a $1.1 billion shortfall in needed funding for relief supplies.

	Aug. 24, 2011 Starving Somalis Latest Victims of Broken Government Other countries in the Horn of Africa have had missing or sporadic rains. Other countries in the region have chronic food problems and large portions of their population living on the land. The difference in Somalia? No government worthy of the name, says Ray Suarez.

	Aug. 23, 2011 Foreign Drug Testing Raises Ethical Questions Peek inside any American family's medicine cabinet and you're likely to find a drug that was tested in a foreign country. Pharmaceutical companies have been shifting research overseas for years and the number of foreign trials has skyrocketed.

	Aug. 22, 2011 Overtreating Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa In countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, health workers often treat patients for malaria even when a test indicates the parasite isn't present. The practice worries many health experts.

	Aug. 19, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. This week's topics include contamination in rice 100 miles from Fukushima and ways to help those affected by the famine in East Africa.

	Aug. 18, 2011 WHO: Libya Facing Medical Supply Crisis The World Health Organization is rushing to secure medical supplies for Libya now that millions in Gadhafi's government assets can be used for urgent health needs.

	Aug. 17, 2011 Delivery of Global AIDS Funding Drops 10 Percent There's been a slowdown in HIV/AIDS donations from rich countries to developing nations, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS.

	Aug. 16, 2011 5 Months After Meltdown, Fukushima Citizens Still Face Radioactive Risks Five months after the deadly tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, Japanese authorities have acknowledged that they misled residents about the radioactive dangers. John Sparks of Independent Television News gets an inside look at the area and reports on how citizens are dealing with the ongoing risks.

	Aug. 16, 2011 Thwarting Polio in the Land of Bricks and Bangles An army of vaccination teams working in high-risk areas of India are helping fight the crippling polio virus.

	Aug. 15, 2011 Donations for East Africa Famine Victims Falling Short Scenes of emaciated children and weary families crowded into refugee camps have been playing on televisions around the world for weeks now, but the famine hitting the Horn of Africa, which has killed more than 29,000 Somali children, has yet to propel the kind of outpouring of private donations seen in some recent disasters.

	Aug. 12, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	Aug. 12, 2011 In Senegal, a Movement to Reject Female Circumcision The practice of "female circumcision" is widespread, affecting an estimated 140 million women worldwide. It is also unspoken. Even its euphemisms evoke images too uncomfortable to talk about in some social settings.

	Aug. 9, 2011 Girl Up Campaign Helps Teens Empower Peers Around the Globe Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation campaign, is helping adolescent American girls make a difference in the lives of peers around the globe. Ray Suarez reports.

	Aug. 9, 2011 Global Rise in C-Sections Troubles Experts C-section rates are skyrocketing in some of the world's poorest countries for reasons that may have little to do with the health of the mother or the child.

	Aug. 8, 2011 Can Seawater Solve Our Water Woes? Desalinization of ocean water has been a dream and goal of scientist for decades, but the project takes on more urgency as the fast-growing world population's water needs outstrip supply. The technology is developing, but not without costs.

	Aug. 5, 2011 Indian Surrogacy Helps Lift Some Poor, but Raises Ethical Issues In India, parental surrogacy is often less complicated and costly than having a surrogate in the United States. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro explores the ethics of outsourcing surrogacy in the second of two reports about Indian women who are paid to bear children for infertile Western couples.

	Aug. 5, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	Aug. 4, 2011 'Made in India' Examines International Journey Through Surrogacy Process In "Made in India," filmmakers Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha follow the journey of an infertile Texas couple and the Indian surrogate who gives birth to their children. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

	Aug. 4, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: India's New Baby Boom Thursday on the NewsHour, you'll see an excerpt of the film "Made in India," which documents the journey of an infertile American couple and their Indian surrogate. Then on Friday's NewsHour, Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at some of the ethical questions surrounding this thriving industry.

	Aug. 3, 2011 Haiti Braces for Storm, Cholera Surge A tropical storm bearing down on Haiti threatens to make daily life more miserable for tens of thousands homeless still living in tent camps and could deepen the cholera epidemic that has already killed more than 5,800.

	Aug. 2, 2011 USAID Chief: Famine in Somalia 'Worse Than You Can Imagine' In a new effort to alleviate the suffering in famine-stricken Eastern Africa, the U.S. government eased its restrictions on providing aid to Somalia -- aimed at sanctioning al-Shabab -- in hopes of getting more food to starving people. Margret Warner discusses the change in policy with USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah.

	Aug. 1, 2011 Five Maternal Health Innovations That Could Save Lives Every two minutes, somewhere around the world a woman dies in childbirth. Often, a lack of access to care, technology or medications causes these fatal complications. Teams from across the globe are competing in an innovation challenge in an effort to reduce these deaths.



	JULY July 29, 2011 Horn of Africa Famine Puts 11 Million People at Risk There is growing desperation in the Horn of Africa amid drought and famine. International Television News' Martin Geissler reports from the Dadaab camp, located just over the Kenyan border.

	July 29, 2011 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development.

	July 29, 2011 A Year Later, Funding Still Needed for Pakistan Flood Victims This week marks one year since historic flooding submerged a fifth of Pakistan and displaced more than 4 million people. In one of Asia's poorest nations, many of those affected are still without homes or means of income.

	July 27, 2011 Hepatitis Risk Spikes for Drug Users More than 2 billion people around the world are infected with hepatitis, a staggering figure that equals nearly one-third of the globe's population.

	July 26, 2011 A Day in the Life of Japan's 'Nuclear Gypsies' More than 2,500 contract workers, lured by the promise of guaranteed work during an economic downturn, brave dangerously high radiation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.

	July 25, 2011 East Africa Famine: How to Help U.N. agencies are calling for $1.6 billion from donor countries to help speed food aid to malnourished and starving refugees in East Africa.

	July 22, 2011 Extremists, Corruption Pose Big Problems Getting Aid to Famine-Stricken Somalis Somalia is facing its worst famine in more than 50 years and the United Nations warned it could kill some 800,000 children. Ray Suarez speaks with Mercy Corps' Jeremy Konynkyk and the Atlantic Council's Peter Pham about the many domestic and international factors limiting the amount of aid reaching people in need.

	July 22, 2011 Somalia Faces Famine as al-Qaida Threat Halts International Aid The United Nations warned Friday that the famine threatening Somalia could cause some 800,000 children to die from starvation. International agencies want to send more food but al-Qaida-linked militants vowed to block aid. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports.

	July 22, 2011 Global Health Twitter Roundup Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. Be sure to send us your suggestions, and you can nominate organizations for our weekly "one way to help" feature.

	July 22, 2011 Texting to Track Malaria Supplies Mobile phones are pervasive in the developing world, and now a new wave of mobile technology is dramatically changing the way health care workers provide services to rural communities in these regions.

	July 21, 2011 Soaring Food Costs Hit Indonesian Families' Budgets The price of rice has risen 25 percent in less than a year in Indonesia, and more families have stunted or malnourished children as a results of soaring costs.

	July 21, 2011 Life in the Post Food-Surplus World Hunger activists used to argue that the world produces more than enough food for all of its people -- it's the transportation, storage, and waste that cause the problem.

	July 20, 2011 Indonesian Plant Shows Promise for Male Birth Control A plant that reduces fertility, long used by Indonesian men, is being tested as a possible daily male birth control pill.

	July 20, 2011 Wanted: New Birth Control Choices for Men Condoms or a vasectomy? Those are the choices for sexually active men who want to control their own fertility -- at least for now.

	July 19, 2011 Indonesia on the Rise: Is It a Model for New Democracies? Indonesia is an evolving, prospering democracy, but the country continues to struggle with corruption and economic inequality. Ray Suarez reports.

	July 19, 2011 Slide Show: Indonesia's Rise Not Lifting Everyone Indonesia is fast becoming an economic power and has the fourth largest population in the world, behind the United States. A growing number of Indonesians can afford to shop in malls and eat Western food, but not everyone has benefited from Indonesia's growth.

	July 18, 2011 Indonesia's Mentally Ill Face Neglect, Mistreatment A shortage of health workers, lack of treatment options and widespread misconceptions about psychological disorders often leads to poor and inhuman treatment of mentally ill patients in Indonesia. Ray Suarez reports.

	July 18, 2011 Tsunami-Devastated Aceh an Epicenter of Mental Health Woes The December 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 and wiped-out thousands of communities on the shores of the Indian Ocean was especially devastating to the people of Aceh, Indonesia.

	July 14, 2011 In 'Good Fortune,' Some Kenyan Communities Resist International Development In "Good Fortune," filmmakers Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine explore how international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the people they aim to help. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

	July 14, 2011 Sneak Peek: Indonesia Series Explores Rising Power's Major Health Challenges Ray Suarez speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his series on the country's economic situation, food insecurity, mental health treatment problems and research into male birth control. The first report airs Monday on the NewsHour, but you can watch each report online first.

	July 13, 2011 Studies: HIV Meds Can Help Prevent New Infections HIV-negative men and women who took a daily pill used to treat the disease reduced their risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 60 percent, new studies show.

	July 11, 2011 Record Drought Threatens Millions in Eastern Africa More than 10 million people are desperately in need of food assistance in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, the World Food Program estimated this week, as the worst drought in 60 years continues to ravage eastern Africa.

	July 11, 2011 The Lives of Child Brides, as Captured Through a Photographer's Lens Stephanie Sinclair has spent nearly a decade photographing the communities that practice child marriage. Hari Sreenivasan spoke to Sinclair about her work.

	July 8, 2011 Global Health Twitter Round Up Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers.

	July 7, 2011 Drug Long Used by Vets Could Boost Fight Against Malaria A drug commonly used to combat heart worms in pets in the United States is becoming a versatile parasite-fighting treatment in regions stricken by tropical disease.

	July 6, 2011 Malawi's Muslim Communities Embrace Family Planning Muslim leaders and U.S. health workers in Malawi are partnering to shift attitudes towards family planning.

	July 5, 2011 New Indonesia Law: Allow Breastfeeding, or Face Punishment In many impoverished parts of the developing world, breastfeeding can be a matter of life or death. That's because in the absence of breastfeeding, the water available to mix with formula is often contaminated and can cause a host of health problems for infants, including diarrhea and infection.

	July 5, 2011 Poll: The 5 Most Dangerous Countries for Women A recent poll conducted by the Thompson Reuters Foundation found that Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia top the list of the world's most dangerous places for women to live, for reasons ranging from violence to lack of medical care and child marriages.

	July 1, 2011 Global Health Twitter Roundup The NewsHour's global health unit is starting a new feature, highlighting what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week.



	JUNE June 30, 2011 Treatment for Deadly 'Sleeping Sickness' Shows Promise A new treatment for sleeping sickness, a neglected disease found in remote communities in Africa, is being developed through an innovative partnership.

	June 30, 2011 Jakarta Gridlock Creates a Public Health Nightmare More than 1,000 die each year in auto accidents in Jakarta, where population growth and lack of public transportation have created a traffic crisis.

	June 29, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: Indonesia's Grand Goals, and Vulnerability Jakarta, the vast and sprawling capital is a tough place for uneducated people to make a living, yet they continue to pour in from every corner of the country, Ray Suarez reports during a recent reporting trip to Indonesia.

	June 28, 2011 High Food Prices Hit Small Indonesian Town Hard If you want to see how rising global food prices are affecting real people, follow the long dusty road to the small fishing village of Marunda, Indonesia.

	June 27, 2011 Ghana Looks to Give Citizens a Voice in Their Economic Future The West African nation of Ghana has enjoyed two decades of a thriving democracy by combining reforms and the bounty of its land. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the country's efforts to give ordinary citizens a bigger say in their economic future.

	June 27, 2011 Diabetes Cases Double, Highest Rates in Oceania and Middle East A new global study shows prevalence of diabetes has climbed steeply since 1980, and the number of cases worldwide is much higher than shown in previous estimates.

	June 24, 2011 Indonesians Looking for Improvement at Home, Watching U.S. Closely The NewsHour's global health team is currently in Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, to produce a series of stories that will air next month.

	June 23, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: Indonesia's Mentally Ill, Caged and Bound Ray Suarez reports on a reporting trip to Cianjur, Indonesia, to visit some of the country's mentally ill, misunderstood and mistreated.

	June 22, 2011 New Clues to Deadly Strength of Germany E. Coli Strain A deadly strain of E. coli in Europe combined the abilities of two known pathogens to create a dangerous, virulent blend, new research shows.

	June 21, 2011 Slide Show: The World's Biggest Refugee Hot Zones More than 80 percent of the world's 15.4 million refugees are hosted in some of the world's poorest countries, according to new 2010 data released this week by the U.N. High Commission on Refugees.

	June 20, 2011 Amid Push for Talks With Taliban, Where Do Rights of Afghan Women Fit In? Three Afghan women, influential figures in politics, business and non-governmental organizations, were in Washington last week meeting with senior members of the Obama administration and Congress on the topic of negotiating peace with the Taliban. Margaret Warner gets their views on the situation in their country.

	June 17, 2011 Imprisoned Iranian Doctors Honored for HIV Work Two Iranian brothers who promoted compassionate HIV care and were imprisoned by the government were awarded the 2011 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights Thursday night.

	June 16, 2011 Q&A: Head of the Global Health Initiative Talks Next Moves The Obama administration's Global Health Initiative is marking its first anniversary at work in eight focus countries, and is preparing to expand to 20 more by the end of the summer.

	June 15, 2011 In Many Countries, Cancer Patients Face Stigma, Misperceptions A growing body of research looks at perceptions of cancer and the stigma for patients, both self-inflicted and from their communities.

	June 14, 2011 Syrian Refugee Exodus Continues as Tanks, Troops Push Into More Towns Syrian refugees continued to stream across the border into Turkey Tuesday, fleeing the military's drive to crush anti-government demonstrations in northern towns and villages. Margaret Warner reports.

	June 14, 2011 Chronic Disease Hitting Growing Economies Hard The majority of preventable deaths from non-communicable conditions like cancer and heart disease occur in developing countries.

	June 10, 2011 5 Global Health Headlines: Escaping Syria, Aids at 30, Viagra as a Weapon? The NewsHour's global health beat rounds up key stories from the week.

	June 10, 2011 New Wave of Bloodshed Hits Syria as Refugee Exodus to Turkey Continues A violent crackdown by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a rebellious northwestern city has sent more than 4,000 people fleeing into Turkey over two days. Jeffrey Brown reports on the latest violence and the humanitarian crisis.

	June 9, 2011 Fearing Military Assault, Thousands Flee Northern Syrian Town The streets of Jisr al-Shughour in northern Syria were deserted Thursday as its remaining residents braced for an assault by the country's military. Elite units, believed to be commanded by President Assad's brother, appeared ready to exact vengeance on the rebellious town. Judy Woodruff reports.

	June 7, 2011 AIDS at 30: Who's at Greatest Risk of Infection Now? In the spring of 1981, young gay men in New York and California were being sickened by rare forms of pneumonia and cancer, and the unknown disease fueled fears across society. What we now know as HIV/AIDS was once considered a death sentence. Ray Suarez reports on the state of the disease, plus the risks, treatment and research.

	June 7, 2011 30 Years of HIV/AIDS: Progress, but No Answer This week marks 30 years that the HIV virus has been with us.

	June 6, 2011 Essay: Treating the Earliest Cases of AIDS It's been 30 years since the first reported case of AIDS, leading many in the medical community to reflect on the challenges of the earliest days of the crisis.

	June 6, 2011 AIDS at 30: In Early Years, Uncertainty Fueled Fear and Confusion When AIDS began sweeping through communities in the early 1980s, little was known about the disease -- except its deadly cost.

	June 3, 2011 5 Top Global Health Stories: E. Coli Strikes Europe, Possible Cell Phone-Cancer At least 18 people have died and more than 1,700 have been sickened in Germany from an outbreak of a new strain of E. coli. Though the first cases were discovered in early May, the source of the outbreak has not yet been confirmed.



	MAY May 30, 2011 Vatican Maintains Stance on Condoms at HIV/AIDS Summit At a weekend HIV/AIDS conference at the Vatican, the Catholic Church stood firm on its stance against the use of condoms to protect against the transmission of HIV. Ray Suarez and the NewsHour's Global Health Unit report from Rome.

	May 30, 2011 Vatican Holds Line on Condoms at Conference An AIDS conference hosted at the Vatican over the weekend quickly stamped out any lingering speculation that the Church might shift or broaden its policy against use of condoms to protect from HIV.

	May 27, 2011 Catholic Church Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS Amid its controversial stance over condom use, the Catholic Church is hosting a two-day conference on the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Reporting from Rome, Ray Suarez previews the conference.

	May 27, 2011 Vatican Hosts AIDS Meeting In Wake Of Condom Controversy The NewsHour's global health unit is in Rome this week to report on a two-day conference being hosted by the Vatican on the global fight against AIDS.

	May 23, 2011 Pakistani Program Offers Affordable Health Insurance to Help Urban Poor One program in Pakistan is attempting to combat urban poverty, the root of many Pakistanis' problems, by providing affordable health insurance. Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from the nation's largest city, Karachi.

	May 20, 2011 Top Global Health Stories: Docters in Bahrain Report Abuse, Paralyzed Man Stands Among this week's top global health stories, more than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for their role in aiding protestors, say human rights groups, and many are still locked up facing military trials.

	May 19, 2011 Study: Electrical Stimulation in Spine Helps Paraplegic Man Stand Again For the first time, a man completely paralyzed from the chest down regained the ability to take several steps with support and stand on his own thanks to electric stimulation to his spinal cord, new research published in the Lancet shows.

	May 18, 2011 Doctors Detained in Bahrain Face Accusations of Medical Abuses More than 100 medical workers have been targeted and detained by Bahrain's government in recent months for their role in aiding protestors, say human rights groups, and many are still locked up facing military trials.

	May 17, 2011 Study: Early Treatment 'Extremely Impressive' in Preventing HIV Spread Dramatic findings from a new clinical study show early HIV-AIDS treatment can help prevent the spread of the disease between sexual partners. Ray Suarez discusses what the findings suggest about using drugs for prevention of the disease with Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

	May 16, 2011 Early HIV Treatment an Effective -- But Costly -- Prevention Method A new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases showes that early treatment of HIV can help stop spread of the disease to sexual partners at an astonishingly high rate.

	May 13, 2011 Top Five Global Health Headlines: HIV Prevention Breakthrough The key to slowing the spread of the HIV epidemic could lie in the medicines already being used to treat HIV positive patients, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced this week.

	May 11, 2011 Ukraine Struggles to Curb HIV Epidemic Amid Drug Shortages, Political Hurdles Ukraine has the highest HIV infection rate in Europe and now there are fears its epidemic could spread to neighboring countries. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Ukraine on the health issue.

	May 5, 2011 Top Global Health Headlines: Pakistani Aid After Bin Laden; Doctors Detained The revelation that Osama bin Laden was living in a Pakistani city not far from Islamabad prior to his death has some members of Congress questioning the United States' nearly $1.3 billion in annual aid to the country.

	May 4, 2011 China Tries to Kick the Public Smoking Habit When the NewsHour's global health team visited China last year for stories on tobacco, obesity and other health issues, they found a smoker's paradise and an anti-tobacco advocate's nightmare.



	APRIL April 29, 2011 Global Health Headlines: Food Aid to be Sent to North Korea Also: China's aging population poses challenges for health care providers and the work force, and a new cervical vaccine campaign kicks off in Rwanda,

	April 29, 2011 Syria Protesters Defy Crackdown in Friday Demonstrations Despite weeks of a crackdown by government security forces, protesters reportedly took to the streets in Daraa, Latakia, Banias, Homs, Damascus and in other cities Friday, chanting and carrying signs decrying the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

	April 28, 2011 In Nigerian Maternity Wards, Preventable Causes Claim Many Lives In "The Edge of Joy," filmmaker Dawn Shapiro goes inside a busy maternity ward in Nigeria, where maternal deaths are among the world's highest. The documentary is the first in a series of independently produced films from around the world aired in a partnership between The Economist magazine and the NewsHour.

	April 28, 2011 Economist Film Project: Death at Birth in Nigeria We're announcing the start of something new: A partnership with the Economist magazine to showcase the art of filmmaking, called the Economist Film Project.

	April 27, 2011 Report: African-American Women at Higher Risk for Maternal Death in Calif. In California, African-American women are dying of pregnancy related-causes at rates seen in some developing countries, and at four times the rate of white women and other ethnic groups in the state.

	April 22, 2011 Top Five Global Health Headlines Humanitarian Needs in LibyaThe Libyan army may be scaling back in the besieged city of Misrata, the Associated Press reported Monday, after a bloody weekend of intense fighting and worsening humanitarian conditions.

	April 20, 2011 How Are Libyans Coping With Food, Medicine Shortages? As rebels appealed for additional NATO assistance, France announced Wednesday it would step up airstrikes and send military advisers. The U.S. announced $25 million in nonlethal assistance for rebels. Judy Woodruff talks with U.N. Undersecretary-General Valerie Amos about the growing humanitarian crisis in Libya.

	April 20, 2011 Global Fund Hit by Millions of Dollars in Malaria Drug Thefts Millions of dollars worth of malaria medication donated through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria may have stolen, according to internal documents obtained by the Associated Press.

	April 18, 2011 Escalating Misrata Siege Prompts Evacuations, Calls for Humanitarian Aid As attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces intensify on the rebel-held city of Misrata, the city's port has become a lifeline for supplies coming in and evacuees desperate to leave.

	April 14, 2011 China Struggles With Health Care Reform Amid Growing Demand Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from China on the country's efforts to improve health care for its population, the world's largest.

	April 14, 2011 Top Five Global Health Headlines Budget deal includes cuts to foreign aid, study says half of world's 2.6 million stillbirths are preventable, Japan raises nuclear alert level, Clinton releases statement on "atrocities" in Libya, and agency head warns of effects of suspended AIDS funds.

	April 13, 2011 In China, Factory Workers Allege Poisoning From iPhone Production Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, where some factory workers say they've been poisoned by exposure to a toxic chemical while working at an Apple iPhone assembly plant.

	April 12, 2011 China Weighs Environmental Concerns Against Economic Growth Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Guangdong province in southern China on the clash between the populous nation's economic ambitions and worsening pollution problem.

	April 12, 2011 China Series Continues With Pollution, iPhone Workers, Health Care Reports The NewsHour continues its series from China this week as special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye looks at workers' rights, environmental concerns and the country's latest attempt at health care reform.

	April 12, 2011 Seasonal Rains Bring Rise in Cholera Cases in Haiti The months-long rainy season is just beginning in Haiti, boosting the number of cases of cholera just as critical sanitation services are in limbo.

	April 7, 2011 Global Health Headlines: Superbug in India, Tobacco Warnings A drug-resistant superbug was found in about a quarter of samples taken from tap water and puddles in New Delhi, indicating the bacteria is circulating widely in the area.

	April 6, 2011 Q&A: IFRC on Evacuee Conditions, Nuclear Crisis Concerns The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' John Sparrow spoke with the NewsHour from Tokyo just after a trip up the eastern coast to visit tsunami evacuation centers.

	April 1, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Radiation Fears, Teen Deaths, Measles Epidemic Japanese officials are debating expanding a 12-mile evacuation radius around the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.



	MARCH March 31, 2011 Japan's Radioactive Leak: What Are the Long-Term Consequences? Environmental and nuclear scientists in the U.S. are watching apparent leakage discovered at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor site this week with a concerned eye, for both health effects and impact on the environment.

	March 30, 2011 In India, Loan Sharks, Commercialization Cast Pall Over Microfinancing Once a darling of development programs, microlending in India is credited with helping many poor people become self-sufficient. But commercial companies moved into what had been the realm of nonprofits, handing out $7 billion in loans in the last decade and creating a competitive marketplace. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

	March 30, 2011 Regulators Crack Down on Microfinance Industry in India New rules aimed at regulating India's microfinance industry, whose spectacular growth and near collapse strongly echo the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, are set to take effect April 1.

	March 29, 2011 Japan on 'Maximum Alert' as Fukushima Radiation Threat Remains High Japan's prime minister acknowledged on Tuesday that the country faces a grave danger from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant and remains at "maximum alert." Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on the latest in the struggle to contain the crippled reactors.

	March 28, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: My Brush with Chinese Censorship At Beijing airport on our way to southern China, cameraman Denis Levkovich bought the March 21, 2011 edition of Time magazine. On our plane trip, I asked to borrow it, and on page 12 came across a curious item.

	March 25, 2011 To Combat Human Rights Abuses, California Company Looks to Computer Code Spencer Michels reports on a California nonprofit using high-tech tools to document patterns of brutality and combat human rights abuses across the globe.

	March 24, 2011 Slide Show: Tuberculosis a Silent Killer Health officials are drawing attention to the 22 countries that contribute 80 percent of the global burden of tuberculosis on March 24, designated World TB Day.

	March 24, 2011 South Africa Still Struggling with Deadly TB-HIV Epidemic On World Tuberculosis Day, Ray Suarez reflects on reporting on the toll of the deadly airborne disease in South Africa in 2009, as one of his first stories with the global health unit, and gets an update from the South African health minister.

	March 24, 2011 Workers at Nuclear Plant Hospitalized, Radiation in Tokyo's Water Stokes Fears Two workers at the damaged nuclear facility were hospitalized Thursday after being exposed to contaminated water in one of the reactors.

	March 23, 2011 Elevated Radiation Levels Detected in Tokyo Tap Water Japanese officials warned Tokyo residents to avoid giving tap water to infants after tests revealed radiation levels exceeded safe limits. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on the latest problem stemming from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

	March 22, 2011 As Bangladesh's Population Grows, Slum Dwellers Struggle For Clean Water Access Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh. The report is the latest in a series on global population issues in collaboration with National Geographic magazine and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

	March 22, 2011 Japanese Ambassador to U.S. on Quake Recovery, Nuclear Crisis Judy Woodruff talks to Japan's ambassador to the U.S., Ichiro Fujisaki, about repair efforts at the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactors and what lies ahead for Japan as it struggles to clean-up and rebuild after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

	March 22, 2011 Crews Install Power Lines in Bid to Restore Damanged Reactors' Cooling Systems Crews hooked up power lines to damaged reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in an effort to restore the reactors' cooling systems. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports on the clean-up effort underway in the hard-hit city of Sendai.

	March 22, 2011 Water Woes: Japan, Haiti and Kenya Among World's Trouble Spots In countries around the globe, the quest for clean water is a daily challenge tied to governance, infrastructure and other issues.

	March 18, 2011 In China, Sympathy for Japan, But Worries Over Radiation From Beijing, Jeffrey Kaye reports on China's concerns over the nuclear radiation threat from Japan's damaged reactors, plus sympathy for their neighbors over the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

	March 18, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines Checking radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture.

	March 17, 2011 More Uncertainty at Hobbled Japan Nuclear Plant Despite Reassurances At the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers are enlisting military helicopters and fire trucks in the ongoing battle to cool overheated reactors. Meanwhile, a growing number of Japanese and foreigners are fleeing from the radiation threat. Tom Clarke, Sarah Smith and Carl Dinnen of Independent Television News report.

	March 17, 2011 View From Tokyo: Japanese Try to Go on With Daily Life 'as Best They Can' Checking radiation levels of an evacuee of the Fukushima vicinity in Japan In Japan, foreign governments are evacuating their citizens from the area of the Fukushima nuclear plant, as the Japanese military works to douse the facility with tons of water to prevent a nuclear reactor meltdown.

	March 17, 2011 Workers in China: 'Your iPhone Cost Us Our Health' NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Kaye speaks with Wintek employees.

	March 16, 2011 In Denver, Mobile Clinic for the Homeless Returns Last year, the NewsHour profiled a mobile clinic for the homeless that was about to close due to budget cuts. Now, after months of searching for funding, the clinic is back on the streets.

	March 15, 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami Victims Seek Aid, Shelter Amid Continuing Aftershocks The Japanese government confirmed at least 3,300 people were killed and nearly half a million are homeless after an earthquake and tsunami struck Friday. Alex Thomson and James Mates of Independent Television News report on Japan's search for survivors and attempts to get food, water and shelter to victims.

	March 15, 2011 Third Explosion at Nuclear Plant Triggers Radiation Fears High radiation levels from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant forced 140,000 people in the vicinity to stay indoors after a third explosion at the facility, which is located along Japan's northeastern coast.

	March 15, 2011 Mexico Drug Cartels Moving in on Guatemala Routes The security situation in northern Guatemala is deteriorating as Mexico-based drug cartels extend their reach into the neighboring country.

	March 14, 2011 Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Does it Compare to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl? Even as Japanese officials try to sort out whether jolted nuclear reactors could slip into full meltdown after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, experts are weighing in on how events unfolding there compare to previous high-profile nuclear disasters.

	March 14, 2011 Responders Rush to Aid Japan Victims, Evacuees Tens of thousands of rescue workers are descending on Japan's northeast coast following the devastating earthquake and tsunami Friday that killed at least 10,000, according to a recent Associated Press estimate.

	March 13, 2011 Death Toll Climbs in Japan as Nuclear Threat Grows The death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan Friday is likely to top 10,000. Meanwhile, possible partial meltdowns are presumed at two nuclear reactors, and four more are having serious problems.

	March 10, 2011 Rep. Granger: Scope of Foreign Aid Misunderstood, But Budget Cuts Needed Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, speaks with Judy Woodruff about U.S. spending on foreign aid. Granger chairs the House subcommittee that appropriates foreign aid funding.

	March 9, 2011 Laura Bush, Melinda Gates, CARE President on Women's Issues, U.S. Foreign Aid In recognition of International Women's Day this week, Judy Woodruff speaks with former first lady Laura Bush, Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CARE President Helene Gayle about issues facing girls and women around the world, and how programs to address those issues fit into the U.S. foreign aid picture.

	March 9, 2011 Guatemala's Archbishop Speaks on Family Planning, Violence Against Women Guatemala's Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales calls for more education about natural family planning, and encourages Guatemala's men to change their attitudes towards women.

	March 8, 2011 In Guatemala, Family Planning Clashes with Religion, Tradition In rural Guatemala, it is not unusual for women to have as many as 10 children, beginning in their teens and continuing into their 40s. That can take a big physical toll on mothers. Ray Suarez reports on the cultural, religious and logistical obstacles tied to teaching women about using birth control in a traditional society.

	March 8, 2011 Buses Targeted by Guatemala City Gangs Bus drivers and their assistants have become frequent targets of extortion, threats and violent crimes in Guatemala City.

	March 7, 2011 'Epicenter of Violence': Guatemala Combats Brutality Toward Women Guatemala has become an epicenter of violence in Central America, and violence against women in particular has hit record levels. Ray Suarez and the NewsHour's Global Health Unit have the first of two reports from Guatemala with a look at programs aimed at stopping a long history of domestic violence.

	March 7, 2011 Slide Show: Life in Guatemala The first installment of the NewsHour's two-part series on Guatemala airs tonight.

	March 7, 2011 Women's Rights Advocate Fights Impunity of Gender Crimes in Guatemala Norma Cruz heads Fundacion Sobrevivientes (the Survivors' Foundation) in Guatemala City. The foundation works to help victims of gender violence and pushes for prosecution of the crimes.

	March 4, 2011 Preview: Series on Women's Health and Safety in Guatemala The NewsHour will begin airing a two-part series on Monday, March 7, on the high levels of brutal violence against women in Guatemala and efforts to educate communities about family planning and maternal health.

	March 4, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines People desperate to leave Libya and the violent clashes between rebel groups and Moammar Gadhafi's forces streamed to the Tunisia border this week, with as many as 10,000 to 15,000 people crossing each day.

	March 3, 2011 Scenes from Guatemala Known for it's scenic beauty but plagued by poverty, violence and malnutrition, Guatemala has the second largest indigenous population in the Western Hemisphere.

	March 1, 2011 Humanitarian Crisis Grows on Libya-Tunisia Border Tens of thousands of people desperate to escape Libya are gathered at the border crossing with Tunisia and creating a humanitarian emergency, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees said Tuesday.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 25, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Fungi to Battle Malaria, Lead Poisoning in China Researchers have genetically modified fungi capable of killing off malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes, and preventing parasites from developing in the first place. Malaria is transmitted from person to person by mosquitoes, but the parasites are what cause the disease.

	Feb. 24, 2011 Mobile Banking Could Be Global Health Tool Cell phone technology is flourishing in developing countries, and health experts are hoping to capitalize on a wave of mobile banking products.

	Feb. 23, 2011 Guinea Worm: Parasitic Infection Nearing Extinction Officials said this week that the effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm parasite -- a scourge that dates back to Biblical times -- is now 99 percent complete. Now that Niger and Nigeria have been declared guinea worm-free, the parasitic infection just needs to be eliminated from Ghana, Mali and Sudan. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

	Feb. 22, 2011 Preview: Picturesque Guatemala Overwhelmed by Violence, Poverty Senior correspondent Ray Suarez talks to Hari Sreenivasan about his reporting trip to Guatemela, where violence against women is systemic and widespread. The country is also hard hit with malnutrition and high rates of infant and maternal mortality.

	Feb. 18, 2011 Global Health Headlines: Obama Budget Proposal, Mutation May Protect from Cancer Obama Proposes Boost to Global Health Funding President Obama released his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal this week.

	Feb. 16, 2011 Study: Dwarfism Gene May Offer Protection From Cancer, Diabetes A gene mutation that causes dwarfism may also protect its bearers from developing age-related diseases like cancer and diabetes, according to a new study. The findings could someday lead to new preventative treatments.

	Feb. 16, 2011 Malnutrition Plagues Guatemala's Children Guatemala has the highest rate of chronic malnutrition among children in Latin America, and the health consequences continue on through adulthood.

	Feb. 15, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: The Family Planning Frontier in Guatemala A week of travel in Guatemala is a feast for the eyes: stunning volcanic peaks covered in a carpet of green -- cabbages, coffee, melons, bananas growing on impossibly steep hillsides -- and people working hard to wrestle a living out of the ground.

	Feb. 9, 2011 From the Field: Opening Horizons for Guatemala's Girls ANTIGUA, Guatemala-- For girls living in the rural, indigenous communities of Guatemala, it is not unusual to leave school by the age of 12, be married by 15, and give birth for the first time while still a teenager.

	Feb. 7, 2011 From the Field: Violence Against Women in Guatemala Rosa Franco de Veliz holds a photo of her daughter, Maria-Isabel, in her home in Guatemala City.

	Feb. 4, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Aid to Egypt, Obesity and Cancer Backers of Egyptian President Mubarak on the streets of Cairo.



	JANUARY Jan. 28, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Global Fund Backlash, Foreign Aid Poll Executive Director of the Global Fund Michel Kazatchkine marches with AIDS advocates at the 2010 International AIDS Conference.

	Jan. 24, 2011 Global Fund Defends Corruption Policies The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Monday it has "zero tolerance" for corruption, and downplayed a media report claiming flagrant misuse of funds within some projects backed by the organization.

	Jan. 21, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Push for USAID Cuts, Rotavirus Successes Republicans push for cuts in international development funding, flooding leads to food shortage in Sri Lanka, transgender killings in Honduras raise alarm.

	Jan. 18, 2011 Violence Against Women Among Challenges in Haiti Human rights groups are calling for more security measures in the tent camps of Port-au-Prince to reduce the number of rapes and incidents of sexual violence.

	Jan. 18, 2011 H1N1 Gives Clues to Universal Flu Vaccine Researchers found that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza produced antibodies that provide protection from several flu strains.

	Jan. 14, 2011 Cholera Outbreak Compounds Haiti's Woes Jeffrey Brown looks at the battle against a cholera epidemic in Haiti, one year after a devastating earthquake upset an already fragile infrastructure.

	Jan. 14, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Malaria Vaccine, Haiti One Year Later A study published this week showed an experimental vaccine cut the risk of children contracting malaria by 46 percent for 15 months.

	Jan. 13, 2011 Haiti Slow to Rebuild in Aftermath of Devastating Quake Jeffrey Brown traveled to Haiti to look at the struggle to rebuild and recover a year after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and nearby area.

	Jan. 12, 2011 In Photos: A Year of Tragedy and Survival in Haiti Wednesday marks one year since a magnitude-7 earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, killing more than 230,000 people and injuring many more.

	Jan. 11, 2011 After Haiti Quake, Using Science to Build Sturdier Buildings As Haiti recovers from the devastating earthquake that flattened Port-au-Prince one year ago, researchers are examining how the country can lessen the damage from another disaster using building science. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

	Jan. 11, 2011 Reporter's Notebook: Memories from Haiti, One Year After the Quake Ray Suarez in Haiti, July 2010This past summer, I stood at the edge of a fetid pool of standing water.

	Jan. 10, 2011 Haiti Reconstruction Aid Falls Short, New Figures Show New figures on reconstruction aid to Haiti reveal that while billions have been pledged, international donors were slow to deliver funds in 2010.

	Jan. 7, 2011 In Haiti, Hardships Plentiful as Earthquake Anniversary Nears Jeffrey Brown begins a week of reports from Haiti, one year after a major earthquake devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other parts of the country. Many residents remain in tent camps, where they are still struggling to rebuild their lives and the constant threat of cholera has compounded the loss of life.

	Jan. 7, 2011 U.S. Ambassador to Haiti: The Emergency Is Not Over Yet The emergency response phase in Haiti is not yet over, but the process of reconstruction is moving forward, Ambassador Kenneth Merten told Jeffrey Brown this week in Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 6, 2011 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Rape in Haiti, India Rejects HIV Patent Rape a concern in Haiti tent camps, India rejects Abbott ARV patent request and the study first linking Austism and vaccines is criticized.

	Jan. 6, 2011 Video Dispatch: Battling Cholera in Rural Haiti Jeffrey Brown is in Haiti this week reporting on reconstruction efforts after last year's earthquake.

	Jan. 3, 2011 In Sudan, Possible New Country Poses Health Care System Challenges Less than 30 percent of people in southern Sudan have access to adequate health care. Widespread disease is threatening to overwhelm the African nation, where an upcoming secession referendum appears likely to create a new country. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports.

	Jan. 3, 2011 Video Dispatch: Haiti, a Year Later Jan. 12 will mark one year since a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti. The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown is reporting in Port-au-Prince and beyond this week on life in the country a year later, on the recent cholera outbreak and more.

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