Nov 11 Nicaragua’s Children Face Difficult Odds By Talea Miller 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. Continue reading
Nov 10 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. A global push to bring… Continue reading
Nov 09 Somali Refugees Seek ‘New Normal’ in Ethiopian Camp Woman and child in malnutrition ward of hospital in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Photo by Nicole See. DOLO ADO, Ethiopia | The Hilaweyn refugee camp was set up just a few weeks ago and it already looks like any other… Continue reading
Nov 08 Russia’s Shrinking Population Mars Putin’s Superpower Ambitions By Talea Miller Despite Vladimir Putin's efforts to encourage population growth in Russia, women have too few children and Russian men are dying young. Continue reading
Nov 04 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 the story "Twitter Round Up" on Storify]… Continue reading
Nov 03 Suarez: When Is a Democracy ‘Good Enough?’ By Ray Suarez Watch a preview of the NewsHour's two upcoming pieces from Nicaragua below, and read Ray Suarez's reflections on the political situation in the country. Friday on the NewsHour, Ray looks at what's at stake in the upcoming Nicaraguan elections, and… Continue reading
Nov 02 ‘Self-Destructing’ Syringes Force Safer Injection Practices An auto-disable syringe is used to vaccinate a child in Kenya. Photo by UNICEF/Siegfried Modola. A nurse injects a patient with a syringe of antibiotics, reloads and moves on to the next patient in line. The syringe isn't sterilized, the… Continue reading
Nov 01 Underage Marriage Brings Dire Consequences for Nepal’s Girls By Talea Miller About 51 percent of Nepalese marry as children, causing devastating consequences for young girls' health and well being. Continue reading
Oct 31 Bio-Tech Breakthrough Could End Malaria Drug Shortages Wormwood plants growing in China. Photo by Flickr user Novartis AG. A synthetic biology breakthrough, achieved at laboratories in northern California, could expand access to malaria treatment around the globe beginning in 2012. Scientists at the University of California,… Continue reading
Oct 31 U.N. Refugee Chief: ‘Terrible’ to Know Somalis Are Dying Out of Reach By Larisa Epatko The humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deepen by the day. A recent spate of kidnappings of relief workers is preventing aid from reaching those most in need, and now troops from neighboring Kenya have entered Somalia to try to… Continue reading