Mar 07 Slide Show: Life in Guatemala By Talea Miller The first installment of the NewsHour's two-part series on Guatemala airs tonight. Learn more about the country and the daily experiences of Guatemalans striving to making ends meet in a country hard hit by poverty and violence below. Continue reading
Mar 07 Women’s Rights Advocate Fights Impunity of Gender Crimes in Guatemala By Talea Miller Norma Cruz heads Fundacion Sobrevivientes (the Survivors' Foundation) in Guatemala City. The foundation works to help victims of gender violence and pushes for prosecution of the crimes. Continue reading
Mar 04 Preview: Series on Women’s Health and Safety in Guatemala By Talea Miller The NewsHour will begin airing a two-part series on Monday, March 7, on the high levels of brutal violence against women in Guatemala and efforts to educate communities about family planning and maternal health. Watch a preview from Ray Suarez… Continue reading
Mar 04 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Crisis at Libya Border, Food Prices Hit 20 Year High By Talea Miller A man reaches for bread while waiting to cross from Libya into Tunisia. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Humanitarian Crisis at Libya-Tunisia Border People desperate to leave Libya and the violent clashes between rebel groups and Moammar Gadhafi's forces… Continue reading
Mar 03 Scenes from Guatemala Known for it's scenic beauty but plagued by poverty, violence and malnutrition, Guatemala has the second largest indigenous population in the Western Hemisphere. Continue reading
Feb 25 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Fungi to Battle Malaria, Lead Poisoning in China By Talea Miller Malaria patient in Cambodia. Photo by Talea Miller. Fungus Could Fight Malaria Researchers have genetically modified fungi capable of killing off malaria-causing parasites in mosquitoes, and preventing parasites from developing in the first place. Malaria is transmitted from person to… Continue reading
Feb 24 Mobile Banking Could Be Global Health Tool By Talea Miller Cell phone technology is flourishing in developing countries, and health experts are hoping to capitalize on a wave of mobile banking products. Continue reading
Feb 23 Guinea Worm: Parasitic Infection Nearing Extinction By Fred de Sam Lazaro Officials at the Atlanta-based Carter Center said this week that the effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm parasite -- a scourge that dates back to Biblical times -- is now 99 percent complete. In an elaborate ceremony in Atlanta to… Continue reading
Feb 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Obama Budget Proposal, Mutation May Protect from Cancer By Talea Miller Obama Proposes Boost to Global Health Funding President Obama released his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal this week, advocating cuts in foreign aid to some countries, but an increased investment overall for the State Department and the administration's Global… Continue reading
Feb 16 Study: Dwarfism Gene May Offer Protection From Cancer, Diabetes By Lea Winerman Dr. Jaime Guevara-Aguirre, with members of an Ecuadorian family with Laron syndrome (photo courtesy Dr. Jaime Guevara-Aguirre) An extended family in the remote Ecuadorian Andes has been blessed, and cursed, with a rare genetic tradeoff. Members of the family carry… Continue reading