Nov 23 Preventing Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique By Talea Miller More than 400,000 babies born to HIV-positive mothers are infected with the virus each year. Risk of transmission can be reduced to less than 2 percent through prevention programs, raising hope that this type of transmission can be nearly eliminated… Continue reading
Nov 23 Preview: Sustaining Mozambique's HIV/AIDS Fight By Talea Miller One out of every eight adults living in Mozambique is HIV positive, and most of them are on HIV medications called antiretrovirals. These pills are life-saving for people around the world infected with HIV, but the United States and other… Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch High Costs of HIV Medication Cause 'Terrible Dilemma' in Mozambique In Mozambique, where 1 in 8 adults is living with HIV, the number of patients on antiretroviral drugs has expanded thanks to international AIDS funding, but a debate is emerging over whether foreign donors can continue to fund an ever-expanding… Continue watching
Nov 22 What We're Reading: Jellyfish Stars, Big Hailstorms, Morphing Tumor Cells Brain Tumors Grow Their Own Blood Supply Drugs designed to choke off blood to brain tumors often fail, and two new studies published online in the journal Nature help explain why. Tumor cells may be bypassing the drugs… Continue reading
Nov 22 Preview: Mozambique's Growth Not Benefitting Its Poorest By Ray Suarez Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries, grappling with high rates of poverty, HIV and malnutrition. But this coastal nation is also one of sub-Saharan Africa's star performers, posting steady economic growth year after year. We explore this dichotomy… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch In Mozambique, Signs of Growth Seen Amid Rampant Poverty New international investment and steady growth have made Mozambique a promising African economy, but little of that change has trickled down to the citizens, many of whom still struggle to afford staple foods.In the first of three reports, Ray Suarez… Continue watching
Nov 18 What We're Reading: Venomous Snakes, Urban Gardens and Antimatter Extragalactic Expat: Newfound Exoplanet Likely Came from Another Galaxy This week, the journal, Science has a study on an exoplanet more massive than Jupiter that came from another galaxy and then got consumed by ours. It's the first… Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch In California, Facing Down a Family Physician Shortage In the latest in a series on health reform, Betty Ann Bowser reports from California on what's being done to inspire medical students to address a shortage of primary care doctors. Continue watching
Nov 18 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Cholera Crossing Borders, Organ Traffickers Targeting Slums By Talea Miller A Ministry of Health body-collection team picks up cholera victims in Haiti. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Cholera Spreads to DR, Miami Cases of cholera have been confirmed in two people in the Dominican Republic and in Miami. Both… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch Frustration Boils Over in Haiti as Riots Disrupt Efforts to Contain Cholera The number of cholera deaths in Haiti climbed to 1,100 as riots broke out in two northern cities. Gwen Ifill speaks with Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles in Port-au-Prince, who says that the unrest is hampering efforts to contain… Continue watching