Health Sep 05 Discrimination Haunts Pregnant Women with HIV HIV-positive women in Kenya face resistance when they want to become mothers.
Health Aug 31 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.
Health Aug 29 Obama Initiative Targets Malnutrition in Guatemala Chronic malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to the deaths of children under 5 in Guatemala.
Health Aug 25 Obesity Rates Rising Worldwide, Half of U.S. Could Be Obese by 2030 There are an estimated 502 million obese adults worldwide. Photo by Flickr user Malingering. 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…
Health Aug 22 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.
Health Aug 18 WHO: Libya Facing Medical Supply Crisis Doctors treat a baby in Misrata, Libya. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. 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. The Dutch…
World Aug 15 Donations for East Africa Famine Victims Falling Short A malnourished refugee child in Dadaab, Kenya. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images. 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…
Health Aug 12 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. Follow us on Twitter at NewsHourGlobal. View "Weekly Twitter Round Up" on Storify…
Health Aug 09 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.
Health Aug 08 Can Seawater Solve Our Water Woes? Photo by Flickr user Allan Foster. Most of the earth is covered by water, yet more than a third of the global population experiences periodic shortages of the kind used for drinking and agriculture. So why not convert seawater into…