Dec 20 Watch Understanding Why Delivering Aid Can Be a Dangerous Endeavor While aid groups operate with apolitical, humanitarian intentions, workers trying to bring relief in the middle of conflicts often find themselves in danger. Ray Suarez talks to Joel Charny of InterAction about the recent deaths of health workers trying to… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Program on Polio Eradication Suspended in Pakistan After 9 Aid Workers Killed At least nine people have been killed for their involvement in Pakistan's polio eradication campaign to deliver vaccines to 33 million children. The World Health Organization and UNICEF announced a temporary suspension of the vaccination campaign due to safety concerns. Continue watching
Dec 14 Dying of Cancer Without Morphine This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground: the Developing World. Above: A patient receives chemotherapy at the Uganda Institute. Photo by Joanne Silberner. In an open ward at Mulago Hospital in Uganda's capital city, Kampala,… Continue reading
Dec 13 How Infections Can Trigger Cancer Veronica Alebo, a young Burkitt's lymphoma patient, has a large tumor in her abdomen. She receives treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala. Photo by Jacqueline Koch. This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground:… Continue reading
Dec 12 Fighting Cholera, a Dose at a Time By Cat Wise As the death toll from cholera continues to mount in Haiti nearly three years after the tragic earthquake, results from a successful vaccine pilot project earlier this year are providing some hope for Haitians and international health officials. The story… Continue reading
Dec 12 In India, A Secret Weapon Against Cancer: Vinegar This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground: the Developing World. Above: Indian women participate in a women's march in Mumbai on Monday. Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images. Cervical cancer used to kill more women… Continue reading
Dec 10 Living With Breast Cancer Where Treatment Is Scarce This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground, the Developing World. Above, Haitians wait for the doors to open in 2006 at a free clinic in Cange. Photo by Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images. Haiti is the poorest… Continue reading
Dec 10 Cancer’s New Battleground: The Developing World While America has been "waging war on cancer" for more than 40 years, a greater number of people die from cancer in low- and middle-income countries than from TB, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. In this week-long series, our partners at… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Long After Earthquake, Haiti Still Feels Devastating Effects of Cholera Epidemic Long After Earthquake, Haiti Still Feels Devastating Effects of Cholera Epidemic… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 2012 World AIDS Day: Strides Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain 2012 World AIDS Day: Great Steps Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain… Continue watching