Oct 27 Watch Pakistani Mothers, Babies Face Health Risks Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from Pakistan, where pregnant women and infants who survived the floods often lack sufficient nutrition and access to health care. Continue watching
Oct 26 Bosnian Divide Extends to Cancer Care By Kira Kay My assignment in Bosnia this past month was two-fold: examine the surprisingly high levels of breast cancer in the country and cover the significant national elections underway. I soon discovered that the two stories would intertwine -- that the… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch In Bosnia, Breast Cancer Fight Gives Women a Unifying Voice In a country still very much identified with its civil war that ended 15 years ago, the leading cause of death among Bosnian women is breast cancer. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports on efforts to stop the deadly disease. Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Preview: Reporting on HIV in Mozambique Ray Suarez gives a preview of his series of Global Health Unit reports from one of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique, where the number of cases of HIV and AIDS has strained medical and financial resources. Continue watching
Oct 22 Authorities Fear Cholera Outbreak Could Spread in Haiti By Larisa Epatko Health officials fear a cholera outbreak in rural Haiti that has killed at least 142 people and sickened more than 1,500 will spread to other parts of Haiti, including the earthquake-ravaged capital Port-au-Prince. Continue reading
Oct 22 Mozambique’s Health Care Struggles Put Need for Basics Back in Focus By Ray Suarez MAPUTO | A few weeks ago at the U.N., I interviewed the Health Minister of Mozambique, Paolo Ivo Garrido. By the time I got to Maputo in October, Garrido had been dismissed as health minister in a cabinet reshuffling and… Continue reading
Oct 20 Reporter’s Notebook: A Clinic’s Strains in Mozambique MAPUTO, Mozambique | Heard much about Mozambique in the last 35 years? It's a country that doesn't get much attention in the United States. It's a big place, roughly the size of Pakistan, and sparsely populated by some 23… Continue reading
Oct 19 Photo from the Field: Waiting for HIV Care in Mozambique Women wait with their babies in the HIV ward of the Primeiro de Maio Centro de Saude in Maputo, Mozambique, one of the largest health facilities in the city. Parents of HIV positive children waited for hours at the… Continue reading
Oct 18 Food Insecurity a Chronic Problem in Mozambique By Talea Miller MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE | Maputo's streets were buzzing with commercial activity Monday and its beaches packed over the weekend with families having picnics and friends sharing beers. But just last month, there was a very different scene here: riots over… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Pakistani Flood Victims Face Malnutrition, Disease as Winter Nears Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports on Pakistani flood victims' continuing needs for food, medicine, agricultural help and other aid as winter nears. Continue watching