Sep 17 Progress Towards a Malaria-Free Tanzania In this reporter's notebook, senior correspondent Ray Suarez writes about the steps Tanzania has taken to reduce malaria infection, and the promise of new malaria vaccine trials. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch In Tanzania, New Push To Combat Malaria Between 60,000 and 80,000 Tanzanians die from malaria each year. In the last installment in his series of reports from Tanzania, Ray Suarez looks at a mult-million-dollar effort to slow the spread of the disease through the distribution of bed… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Health Workers in Tanzania Battle 'Neglected Diseases' Senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports from Tanzania on a community drug distribution system being used to prevent river blindness, one of the conditions considered a "neglected tropical disease" because of its low profile in comparison to HIV, TB or malaria. Continue watching
Sep 15 Tanzania Moves to Build Laboratory Capacity By Talea Miller Shortages in laboratory supplies and trained technicians in Tanzania cause delays and gaps in diagnosis that can put patients' health at risk. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Tanzanian Doctor Shortage Spurs Training Innovation In the first installment of a three-part series on health care challenges in the east African nation of Tanzania, Ray Suarez reports on how health officials there have had to come up with new training efforts in order to meet… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch Lacking Clear Solution, Obama Struggles to Close Gitmo With less than six months until President Obama's deadline for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the White House is struggling to decide on a bevy of options. Ari Shapiro of National Public Radio speaks with Judy Woodruff about… Continue watching
Jan 02 Death Toll Passes 300 in Kenya's Election Violence By PBS News Hour Dozens of Kenyans were burned alive in a church on Tuesday and more than 300 have been killed in a wave of violence since last week's controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Experimental Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Africa Malaria kills one African child about every 30 seconds. Now, a vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation shows promise in reducing the rate of severe malaria by as much as 50 percent. Susan Dentzer reports… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Tanzania Implements HIV Prevention Measures as World Marks AIDS Day As part of a U.S.-backed fight against HIV infection in Tanzania, student groups perform plays and stage other events in a bid to develop new techniques that will help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Susan Dentzer examines these programs on… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch Zimbabwe Government Threatens to Expel Western Diplomats The government of Zimbabwe warned Western diplomats Monday that they would be expelled from the country if they encourage the political opposition to President Robert Mugabe. NPR correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault details the recent political unrest and violence. Continue watching