March 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

No Health Care for Domestic Trafficking Survivors

Normal 0 0 1 349 1992 University of Chicago 16 3 2446 11.1282 0 0 0 Much has been written over at our human trafficking blog about the lack of services offered to children and adults who are victims of trafficking and sexual abuse. But while we often...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 7:43 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Humanitarians: Staying Strong in the Face of Constant Threat

When you decide to dedicate your life to humanitarian work in the field, remember this: Not everyone wants you to succeed. As an affiliate of the United Nations or a non-governmental organization, many people won't think of your work as simply providing...

Published Sat, Mar 13 2010 6:09 AM 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

The Race to Find a Cheaper, Healthier Toilet

Over the past few years, the race to save lives in the developing world -- by inventing a cheaper, cleaner toilet -- has welcomed a whole new class of sprinters. There's Singapore's Rigel Technology, which has invented a $30 toilet that separates...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 9:27 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Poor Countries, Poor Choices: An Arms Race to Nowhere

According to a new report , developing countries are spending more money than ever on arms. How bad is it? So bad that according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) , which produced the report, increasing orders of weapons...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 12:21 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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

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

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

What it Really Means to Bomb the Gaza Tunnels

Normal 0 0 1 320 1828 University of Chicago 15 3 2244 11.1282 0 0 0 Why is a goat, say -- or a box of women's underwear -- considered contraband? To get that answer, you'd have to ask the Israeli government. Last Friday, the Israeli army launched...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 7:23 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Houses that Lie: Fixing Structural Damage In Haiti and Chile

For an unknowing person walking along the streets of Santiago, Chile, it might not seem that the recent 8.8 earthquake did much damage. That is, until you take a peek into one of the casas de mentira , or houses that lie -- and see that though the outside...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 6:59 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Haiti: An HIV/AIDS Success Story in the Unmaking?

Among all the collective head-shaking over the past failures of aid in Haiti, one success story stood conspicuously apart: the fight against HIV/AIDS. Long before the Jan. 12 earthquake struck Haiti, the country seemed a testimonial to the results that...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 3:52 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

4 Ideas for Smart Global Health

What do you get when you ask 25 leaders to come up with a 15-year strategic plan for the U.S. on global health? New ideas for bureaucracy! Well, that plus a number of other thought-provoking recommendations. The Center for Strategic and International...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 7:31 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How Much Has Social Media Changed Disaster Relief?

Has the rise of social media permanently changed the contours of global disaster relief? That's what Chris Slagh argues over at Secure Nation. And less than two months after the tech community mobilized to assist Haiti, the global response to Chile's...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 9:09 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

In Kenya, Anti-Abortion Laws Kill Schoolgirls

In Kenya, nearly half of all women give birth before age 20. Between low access to contraception, sex education and past surges in rates of sexual violence, that figure's not at all surprising. Not to mention the fact that for many, the alternative...

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 4:04 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Refugee Women Turn Papyrus and Sun Into Sanitary Pads

On the heels of Eric's discussion of sanitary pads and schoolchildren last week , thought I'd follow up with a story about where sanitary pads are genuinely benefiting women: in refugee camps. For women living in refugee camps, an item as basic...

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 7:34 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

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