July 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Want to Help Uganda? Send Condoms

Uganda's got a condom shortage, and in a country with a high HIV infection rate, that's not just a corner store inconvenience. That's a public health crisis waiting to be recognized. "If all men were to use condoms," says Ugandan...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 4:40 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A Chance in Liberia at World Cup Cash

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has promised $1,000 and her vuvuzela to "any Liberian" who correctly predicts the teams in the World Cup final. Her press secretary Cyril Badio says it's her personal money — no "misuse of public...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 11:12 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Why Does the U.K. Want to Send Children Back to Afghanistan?

The United Kingdom is getting ready to return child asylum seekers back to Afghanistan. Yes, you read that right. The country’s Border Agency is planning to set up a “reintegration center” in Kabul to which it plans to send unaccompanied minors that are...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 1:21 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A U.S. Image Consultant For Equatorial Guinea's Dictator?

Guess who's gone and hired an image consultant ? None other than Equatorial Guinea’s resident dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Apparently, his reputation as one of the worst dictators in Africa hurts his feelings. It's not enough that he's...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 4:30 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Condoms That Fight Rape, With Teeth

When Sonnet Ehlers was a 20-year-old medical researcher, she was called to help a rape victim. "She looked at me and said, ‘If only I had teeth down there,'" Ehlers tells Kenya's Nation newspaper. And Ehlers thought, Good idea . Forty...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 7:52 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

In Mali, Using Cell Phones to Create Patient Records

Imagine that you're a mother in Mali, named Mme Magassa. When you go to visit a health clinic, you need to arrive with a big, pulpy pile of paperwork. These are your child’s clinical records, which you've shepherded through five different homes...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 10:33 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

When Should You Tell a Child They Have HIV?

A parent with a child with HIV faces a terrible conundrum. On the one hand, it’s important to let a kid be a kid — no parent wants their child to constantly worry about his or her own mortality. On the other hand, if parents don't tell their...

Published Sat, Jul 03 2010 6:52 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Why the UN Shouldn't Envy the World Cup

I've never been the biggest soccer fan. In general, I find watching a whole 90+ minutes of ball-kicking tedious, especially when the game comes down to just one or two goals. Even so, I can't help getting riled up for the World Cup every four...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 7:39 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Developing World's Top 10 Ethical Destinations

As a world traveler and adventure-seeker, I'm always looking for the next hot spot. But as a student of global development and poverty, I've grown wary of many travel opportunities — especially in the Third World. It seems like the chances I'll...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 5:57 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

An Ambulance That's a Bicycle

Locals call the contraption a Zambulance, or a Zambike. It's not much — just a mattress-outfitted trailer strapped onto a bicycle. But in a part of Zambia where a four-hour walk separates most villages from the nearest hospital, the hope is...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 12:51 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A Way to Solve Haiti's Food and Energy Problems at Once

In describing the problems Haiti continues to face in the wake of the devastating January earthquake, it's hard to know where to start. But two of the key ones that immediately come to mind are 1). food security and the 2). country's rampant record...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 2:57 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Interview with AIC: The Fight to Educate India's Orphaned Street Kids

When Slumdog Millionaire burst on to the scene, bringing the plight of street children in India to the big screen, Liz Sholtys was no stranger to the problem. Liz spent her last two years of high school living in India, and like anyone who has visited...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 6:44 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Case of Naomi Campbell's Blood Diamond

You'd think getting called to testify about whether a man on trial for war crimes once gifted you a mammoth 'blood diamond' might cloud anyone's holiday. If so, supermodel Naomi Campbell gave no indication this past weekend — she spent...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 9:05 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Meet the New Face of the Fight for Equality: UN Women

On Friday, July 2, a historic event happened at the United Nations: the General Assembly voted unanimously to establish the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known more casually as UN Women . This is quite notable for a...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 2:15 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Developing Africa's Best Apps, From the Bottom Up

Last week, Apps 4 Africa joined the growing ranks of online competitions geared at finding digital solutions to the world’s real-life problems. But this contest doesn't exactly fall into the traditional mold. What’s unusual about the contest is not...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 7:08 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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