March 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Today's Good News on Tuberculosis

On the brighter side of an earlier post , I also wanted to highlight some very good news on tuberculosis. Today, a collection of groups launched a public-private initiative to spur the development of drugs to treat the disease. It's backed by such...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 4:06 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

New Data Points on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an old, old disease. A chronic infection of the lungs, there are some Egyptian mummy samples that suggest it stretches back as early as 4000 B.C. It's also an incredibly lethal one: at one point, some estimate it was responsible for...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 12:33 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

To Fight Premature Births, Say "Ahh"

Abstaining from cigarettes, alcohol and drug use, not to mention too much fish (too much mercury) -- those are some of the well-known commandments associated with pregnancy. Now, another contender is vying for a mention on that list: teeth-brushing. What...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 9:15 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Alleviating Poverty By Giving the Poor Cash. What's Wrong With This Picture?

For all the world's much-vaunted desire to alleviate poverty -- and the never-ending quest to figure out how -- donors still shy away from perhaps the most straight-forward solution out there: give poor people money. Okay, so maybe that's not...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 3:39 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

To Alleviate Poverty, Give the Poor Cash. What's Wrong With This Picture?

For all the world's much-vaunted desire to alleviate poverty -- and the never-ending quest to figure out how -- donors still shy away from perhaps the most straight-forward solution out there: give poor people money. Okay, so maybe that's not...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 3:39 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Countries Set to "Exceed" Goals on Clean Water Access

Here's a phrase you don't often hear in discussions about the Millennium Development Goals. It turns out that countries are actually on track to meet -- and, in fact, are " expected to exceed " -- the MDGs on securing access to safe...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 1:52 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Health Care Reform: Egyptian Edition

A financial dispute between several Egyptian hospitals and the Ministry of Health is leaving thousands of Egyptians without access to health care and vital medication, as hospitals refuse to treat patients across the country. Even prior to this crisis...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 11:48 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

The Opportunity to Sweat

You have seen the pictures: thousands of uniformed workers crammed in factories across Asia. You have heard the tales: long hours, low wages, unsafe conditions and appalling abuses. Stories about how sweatshops in far flung developing countries exploit...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 5:58 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

In Praise of the Opportunity to Sweat

You've seen the pictures: thousands of uniformed workers crammed in factories across Asia. You've heard the tales: long hours, low wages, unsafe conditions and appalling abuses. Stories about how sweatshops in far-flung developing countries exploit...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 5:58 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Nixing Soft Drinks in Schools Across the Developing World

Back in 2007, Coca-Cola declared that the global discussion about obesity was the company's "Achilles heel," one that "dilute " the company's marketing. Fast forward three years, and in the most visible place soft drink companies...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 3:05 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

International NGOs Keep Haiti's Health Ministry in the Dark

Now that two months have passed since Haiti's 7.0 earthquake, the first cloudiness of chaos has passed, and so has the frenetic pace of appeals. Yet Haiti's Ministry of Health is still feeling frustrated by the bevy of international organizations...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 11:14 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

What You Need to Know About the "Robin Hood" Tax

A tiny new tax on speculative financial transactions -- as little as .025% -- could result in as much as $700 billion in revenue for U.S. and international priorities. It's a simple idea with huge hopes. The idea is not new. Almost 40 years ago, the...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 8:55 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

When Corruption Happens to Nice Organizations

When thinking of the word corruption , it's easy to envision a pot-bellied police man extorting a bribe from an innocent motorist, or a high-powered government official making back-room deals with a business exec. Less often does the word conjure...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 7:22 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Using Mobile Phones to Fight Counterfeit Medicine

When the headlines hit in Nigeria just over a year ago, they had an eerie congruence to them. Antifreeze Laced Teething Medicine Kills At Least 34 Children . Multiple batches of counterfeit teething medicine had killed dozens of children -- in some cases...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 2:26 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Floating U.S. Hospital Sails Away From Haiti

It's as tall as a 10-story building, a floating medical marvel. Clocking in at about the length of three football fields, the Navy's hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, can hold some 1,000 patients and boasts every specialist available. (The only...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 10:44 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

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