Jul 18 Neglected by Foreign Aid, Zimbabwe Still Makes Strides in HIV Fight Despite being largely left behind by PEPFAR, Zimbabwe has still managed to reduce its HIV prevalence rate. Continue reading
Jul 18 HIV Behind Bars: How Prisons and Jails Are Battling an Epidemic By Jason Kane In two very different places - Washington, D.C., and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - correctional facilities are facing remarkably similar challenges containing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and treating its victims. Continue reading
Jul 18 The Forgotten Orphans, From D.C. to Zimbabwe By Jason Kane In two very different places - one the capital of United States, the other an impoverished nation in sub-Saharan Africa - children who lost their parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic struggle against similar challenges. Here are two of their stories. Continue reading
Jul 05 Why a U.S. Circumcision Push Failed in Swaziland In the country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world, a U.S. effort to circumcise 80 percent of all men aged 15 to 49 in a year ended with roughly a quarter undergoing the procedure. What went wrong?… Continue reading
Jun 12 Groups Fighting HIV in D.C. Find Lessons in Africa Part Two: Washington's HIV infection rates are comparable to many African countries, which have provided critical insight into the epidemic. Continue reading
Jun 11 What D.C. Is Learning From Africa in the Fight Against AIDS I've interviewed HIV-positive people around the developing world. Aspects of the story used to be drearily similar ... national health systems ill-equipped to handle patient loads, resistance to tracking contacts to identify those at risk, villages and cities stalked by… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch In El Salvador, Tooth Decay Epidemic Blamed on Junk Food, Lack of Information From El Salvador, graduates of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism -- producer Roberto Daza and correspondent Carl Nasman -- report on an epidemic of tooth decay across the countryside, blamed largely on junk food, soda and a lack of… Continue watching
May 08 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. Niger replaces Afghanistan as the worst country for moms. Afghanistan had been at… Continue reading
May 07 Best and Worst Countries for Moms By Jenny Marder Save the Children Report: Best and Worst Countries to be a Mom… Continue reading
Apr 25 In Liberia, Political Battles Center on Water Access A vendor sells water in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo by Sumaya Agha. "Water! Water!" Eugene Seoh shouted from his three-story apartment building on Benson Street, a main avenue in the center of Liberia's capital, Monrovia. From across the road, water… Continue reading