Sep 22 Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense By Hari Sreenivasan Infographic and Poster from Girl Effect report Each teenage mother in India can lose up to $100,000 in potential income over her lifetime. Multiply that by the number of teenage mothers in India and… Continue reading
Sep 21 India’s Bias for Boys By Talea Miller In India, aborting a fetus based on its sex is illegal, but the practice is common due to a societal preference for boys. Continue reading
Sep 20 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. Photo by Flickr user ML_Duong NEW YORK | They are the new generation of economic powers, the nations whose economic growth put… Continue reading
Sep 20 Can Food Industry, Governments Work Together to Fight Obesity? The food and beverage industry held a meeting on the sidelines of a health conference at the U.N. Photo by Flickr user mhaithaca. NEW YORK | Food and beverage companies that make fatty, sugary products tend to not be viewed… Continue reading
Sep 20 USAID Chief: Somalia Must ‘Stop Standing in the Way’ of Aid By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK CITY | The U.S. Agency for International Development announced a new website initiative called "Forward" this week aimed at giving viewers a better sense of the scope of the famine in the Horn of Africa -- its worst… Continue reading
Sep 19 Tab for Non-Communicable Diseases to Top $47 Trillion by 2030 Testing blood pressure. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. 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,… Continue reading
Sep 16 Non-Communicable Disease Primer: Where Does the World Stand? Photo by Flickr user Pete. Updated 6:00 pm. ET Before the United Nations launches into debate on the Palestinian territories and other contentious international political issues next week, it will take two days to discuss a growing health crisis… Continue reading
Sep 16 Global Health Twitter Roundup Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week, and be sure to send us your suggestions! Follow our… Continue reading
Sep 15 Experimental Malaria Vaccines Attack the Parasite in New Ways Malaria is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Photo by the World Health Organization. The malaria parasite is one of the most widely studied disease-causing organisms, yet there is still no effective vaccine available to prevent the deadly illness. Two… Continue reading
Sep 14 Domestic Abuse Hidden but Pervasive in China By Talea Miller 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. Continue reading