March 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Hope for Haiti's Mango Farmers, in Liquid Form?

Picture the scene : a candle-lit room, a glittering group of UN high-rollers. Toasts are being announced, laugher plays throughout the crowd. Bill Clinton is there, dancing attendance on guests like U.S. ambassador Susan Rice and Haitian President Rene...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 12:00 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Today's Donor Conference for Haiti: Raising Funds (And Questions)

The theme of today's high-level donor conference for Haiti in New York is "Towards a New Future for Haiti," but a more appropriate one might be: "Towards a New Future for Haiti, Differently?" Over the past month, we've seen...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 9:32 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Helping Banks Help Themselves In the Developing World

Rajiv Shah says he wants to help people help themselves. But does his latest move as USAID Administrator signal a move in the opposite direction? Last Friday Shah made the (largely unnoticed) announcement that USAID will partner with the Swedish International...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 7:39 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Devastating Costs of Malnutrition

What's the first front in the fight to improve global health? According to a recent study highlighting the link between malnutrition and HIV/AIDS, it's the fact that worldwide, as many as two billion people suffer from undernourishment. This week...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 2:08 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Slum Life: Growing Numbers Join In

According to a new UN-Habitat report , the number of people living in slums has grown by 55 million since 2000, bringing the total number of slum-dwellers to 827.6 million people. So just what should the new 55 million slum residents expect from their...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 8:41 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Fight for Global Health With… Sitcoms?

Prime-time television and global health? You might not expect to hear those two phrases paired. But recently, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave a $1.37 million grant to University of Southern California Annenberg’s Hollywood, Health and Society...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 7:40 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Developing World Tax Evasion: Worse Than Official Corruption

There's no doubt that corruption -- as Yemisrach wrote last week -- is a blight across many countries, including those in the developing world. But while grasping officials make for easier (and de facto public) targets, the greater issue isn't...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 12:18 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Is African Poverty Falling? Does the Question Matter?

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A recent paper -- one arguing that African poverty is falling faster than previously thought -- is getting a fair bit of media attention these days. According to the authors, not only is poverty falling...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 7:29 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A Company in the Business of Giving Away Money

When President Obama released his 2011 budget request last month, he called for $1.4 billion to strengthen our nation's volunteer sector, with the aim of mobilizing more than six million Americans in national service. So far, so good. If all goes...

Published Sat, Mar 27 2010 10:48 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Good News on Deforestation

If you watch Google Earth, which allows you to twirl the globe while you track deforestation, the world starts to look like a child's (somewhat ungainly) Christmas ornament. There are large, uneven patches of red (representing tree loss), mostly in...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 1:09 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A Medical Conundrum in Haiti

If you were someone in Haiti who needed urgent healthcare -- say, an emergency operation -- which option would you pick? The private clinic down the street that will charge you for the service, or the one that offers free care, run by the World Health...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 9:26 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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