Nov 30 Is the World Any Closer to Ending AIDS? An Indian child walks past a mural painted on the side of a train Kolkata in West Bengal, India. India has the world's third largest population living with HIV/AIDS. Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/ AFP/ Getty Images. An AIDS-free generation? Sounds… Continue reading
Nov 02 Health Care Workers Brace for New Cholera Outbreaks in Haiti By Fred de Sam Lazaro PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hurricane Sandy might have saved its fullest fury for America's mid-Atlantic coast, but its earlier blows in the Caribbean wreaked havoc in Haiti. Already struggling to recover from the effects of Hurricane Isaac in August,… Continue reading
Nov 02 Haiti Battles Hurricane Sandy and Cholera By Larisa Epatko More than 50 people have died in Haiti from Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Caribbean island in late October, washing away crops and threatening to worsen a cholera epidemic. Continue reading
Oct 31 China’s Chances of Kicking a Growing Smoking Habit When China's top politicians gather early next month to pick the country's new leaders, one issue likely to be missing from the agenda is the single largest killer of Chinese people -- their smoking habit. As with any issue… Continue reading
Oct 29 As Diets Change in Greece, Obesity Becomes Growing Problem In the next installment of the "Food for 9 Billion" series, Jon Miller of Homelands Productions examines how Greece has come to have one of the world's highest obesity rates despite a native diet that is… Continue reading
Oct 05 In Africa, MTV Series ‘Shuga’ Promotes HIV Prevention Among Youth By Paula Rogo Launched in 2009, "Shuga" is a TV series airing on Africa's MTV Base as part of a campaign to spread the message about responsible sexual behaviour and HIV tolerance among the youth. The show became a runaway hit, airing in… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch In ‘Half the Sky,’ Transforming Limitations on Women’s Opportunities Worldwide Transforming Women's Lives from 'Weapons of War'… Continue watching
Oct 01 Meet Agnes: Orphan, Student, Survivor of Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone By Larisa Epatko Agnes, a 17-year-old orphan in Sierra Leone, was told by a teacher that he would enroll her in school if she would have sex with him. Continue reading
Sep 27 A Future Without AIDS? Global Health Leaders Point to Education, Prevention By Ray Suarez Watch a replay of Ray Suarez at Columbia University moderating a panel of global health leaders as they discuss the future of combating AIDS. If you're old enough, you can remember when you first heard about a disease, or a… Continue reading
Sep 26 Global Health Leaders Have Vision for World Without AIDS By Ray Suarez Watch Ray Suarez moderate a panel of global health leaders as they discuss the future of combating AIDS. A live stream will be available here from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET Thursday. Thursday in New York, the ICAP at the… Continue reading