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| 2012 MAY
May 18, 2012
USAID Administrator: Food Security a 'Grand' But 'Achievable' Goal
President Obama outlined Friday a private-public partnership to work on global poverty issues ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Camp David this weekend. Ray Suarez and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah discuss the initiative to lift millions out of poverty and hunger through farming partnerships.
   
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| May 17, 2012
Combating Hardship in Rural Thailand
From Thailand, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one social entrepreneur's efforts to combat hardships and instill a new way of thinking in the rural regions of the relatively prosperous country.
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| May 15, 2012
How to Better Treat Trauma Injuries in the Developing World
At San Francisco General Hospital, surgeons from developing countries are learning the latest techniques from top U.S. specialists. With just over 100 orthopedic surgeons serving the 80 million people of Kenya and Tanzania, it's admittedly a small step. But doctors there say it's a worthy one. Spencer Michels reports.
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| May 9, 2012
For Cambodian Street Kids, Friends International Works to Redefine Normal
From Cambodia, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one group, Friends International, and its efforts to help homeless children and their families have a brighter future through education, shelter and health services.
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| May 8, 2012
The Best and Worst Places to Be a Mom
Norway is the healthiest country in the world to be a mother, according to a new report released by the international non-profit Save the Children. The worst: West Africa's Niger. Gwen Ifill and Save the Children President Carolyn Miles discuss what countries are best and worst at creating healthy children and mothers.
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| May 8, 2012
Norway's Moms Have It Good
Norway is the best country in the world to be a mother, according to a new report from the international nonprofit Save the Children.
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| May 7, 2012
Best and Worst Countries for Moms
Save the Children Report: Best and Worst Countries to be a Mom
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| APRIL
April 25, 2012
Why Clean, Safe Water Is Still Out of Reach for Liberia
Since 1980, Liberia has tackled a cycle of civil war, claiming over 200,000 lives while developing an impossible water crisis. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, correspondent Steve Sapienza and two local journalists unearth why the government and aid agencies can't crack the country's water problems.
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| April 25, 2012
In Liberia, Political Battles Center on Water Access
Finding a reliable source of water in Liberia is a challenge even for residents of the country's bustling capital, but many say the government focuses on short-term projects for political gain rather than the country's critical need for water and sanitation.
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| April 19, 2012
Solar Suitcase Report Spurs Gifts to Aid Baby Deliveries in Developing World
Correspondent Spencer Michels recently reported on the California nonprofit We Care Solar, which developed a "solar suitcase" to provide lights and communications equipment in delivery rooms and health care facilities in developing countries. Co-founder Dr. Laura Stachel reports that NewsHour viewers were quick to offer support.
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| April 11, 2012
Will Water Pumps Bring Peace to Ivory Coast?
Part of a partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports from the West African nation of Ivory Coast and explains how committees set up to maintain access to water are helping bring together communities divided along ethnic lines and plagued by the unrest of a civil war.
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| April 10, 2012
'Tinderbox': How Colonialism Shaped the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Ray Suarez speaks with authors Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin about how "shadows of colonialism" hang over the spread of HIV from Africa. The topic is explored in their book "Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome it."
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| April 4, 2012
'Solar Suitcase' Sheds Light on Darkened Delivery Rooms
After witnessing the consequences of power outages in Nigeria's health facilities, obstetrician Dr. Laura Stachel came up with a solution: a suitcase containing elements to produce and store solar energy. Spencer Michels reports on the life-saving device that aims to reduce maternal mortality rates in the developing world.
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| April 4, 2012
Saving Lives With Solar Power
When Laura Stachel witnessed the difficulties Nigerian maternity wards faced due to the lack of a reliable electricity source, she and her husband founded We Care Solar to bring solar-powered lights to hospitals across the developing world.
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| April 4, 2012
Solar Suitcase: Saving Lives with Solar Power
Dr. Laura Stachel and her husband founded We Care Solar to help bring light to the estimated 300,000 hospitals and clinics in the developing world that don't have reliable sources of electricity. Our slideshow highlights Stachel's work toward equipping remote clinics with solar suitcases that bring light to dark delivery rooms.
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| April 3, 2012
Food for 9 Billion: Business Fund Puts African Farmers on Road to Market
In Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, a new approach to small-scale farming has spread to more than 100,000 families in just four years. Part of the Food for 9 Billion series, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on an organization called One Acre Fund that brings struggling farmers together, offering them training, resources and market access.
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| MARCH
March 23, 2012
Doctor's World Bank Nomination Signals Renewed Development Focus
President Obama announced on Friday that he was nominating Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, to become the next president of the World Bank. Ray Suarez examines the selection.
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| March 15, 2012
What's Causing Water Shortages in Ghana, Nigeria?
Two journalists investigate the challenges of bringing the most basic necessity to the people of Ghana and Nigeria: clean, safe water. As part of a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza followed them as they searched for what's causing the water shortages.
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| March 7, 2012
'The Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman': Healing the Eastern Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the worst place on earth to be a woman, according to the United Nations. Regional war and rape leave an estimated 1,000 or more women assaulted every day. One organization, HEAL Africa, helps women manage their traumatic injuries holistically. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
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| March 7, 2012
Anonciata's Story: Seeking Healing After Congo's Brutal Civil War
Few nations are more endowed with mineral resources than the Democratic Republic of Congo and none has endured a more staggering human cost in the scramble for these riches. The death toll from two decades of civil war -- 5 million -- is second in recent history only to the Holocaust. But what's it like to survive?
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| March 5, 2012
Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics
Hans Rosling, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, visualizes global health trends and population numbers -- transforming dry poverty and development statistics into Internet sensations. In addition to his focus on the developing world and data visualization, the Swede happens to swallow swords. Ray Suarez reports.
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| FEBRUARY
Feb. 28, 2012
Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water
A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace.
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| Feb. 20, 2012
India Close to Eradicating Polio, But Challenges Still Remain
Health officials in India are close to wiping out polio, a disease forgotten in most of the world but still endemic in some developing countries. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on India's challenge to remain vigilant in its campaign to immunize children one mouthful at a time.
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| Feb. 20, 2012
A Look at the World's 'Forgotten' Diseases
With news that India is close to eradicating polio, eyes turn to other endemic diseases, such as measles and river blindness, that countries are battling.
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| Feb. 16, 2012
Chronic Malnutrition a 'Hidden Crisis'
About 2 million children who are malnourished die each year worldwide, according to a United Nations estimate. Yet aid organizations say it's tough to attract attention to the issue of chronic malnutrition in a preventative way -- before it becomes severe and life-threatening.
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| JANUARY
Jan. 30, 2012
Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics
Hans Rosling, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, visualizes global health trends and population numbers -- transforming dry poverty and development statistics into Internet sensations. In addition to his focus on the developing world and data visualization, the Swede happens to swallow swords. Ray Suarez reports.
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| Jan. 30, 2012
Experts Weigh in on Bird Flu Research
The Newshour asked three experts to weigh in on the bird flu research debate.
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| Jan. 23, 2012
Food for 9 Billion: Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines
While Philippine leaders debate, poor fishing families embrace birth control to ease pressure on over-fished reefs. Part of a new project called Food for 9 Billion that looks at the challenges of feeding the world in a time of social and environmental change, Sam Eaton of Homelands Productions reports.
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| Jan. 13, 2012
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.
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| Jan. 12, 2012
On Second Anniversary of Earthquake, Cholera Continues to Cripple Haiti
With more than 7,000 dead and half a million people sickened, a U.N. health agency is calling the cholera outbreak in Haiti "one of the largest epidemics of the disease in modern history to affect a single country."
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| Jan. 11, 2012
Two Years Later, Haitian Amputees Still Have a Long Way to Go
Two years ago, a devastating earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 people and caused injuries that required amputations for another 4,000 people.
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| Jan. 9, 2012
Global Health Week in Tweets
There was a lot of news in the world of health and development last week. Check out the NewsHour global health unit's highlights from the Twitterverse.
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