August 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

The Situation in Darfur Deteriorates

If anyone was under any illusion that Darfur was more or less resolved or could simply be “managed,” recent developments there should be an abrupt wake-up call. A tense situation that continues to unfold in Kalma camp – one of the region’s largest with...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 3:23 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

5 Reasons People Are Ignoring the Worst Natural Disaster in Recent History

What if I told you there's a natural disaster underway that's affecting around 15 million people — more than the 2004 Asian tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and this year's earthquake in Haiti combined ? Thanks to massive flooding...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 10:43 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

International Corporations vs. Developing Nations: The Story of El Salvador

(With the first vote announced by the World Bank Tribunal, the battle wages on between El Salvador and Pacific Rim Mining Corporation.) In a disappointing turn of events, the government of El Salvador has lost the first round in its battle against Pacific...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 9:37 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Was Global Poverty Determined in 1000 BC?

How to explain the world's current distribution of poverty? A history of colonialism, the industrial revolution, the uneven spread of religion, capitalism or disease burden — the list goes on. However, a new study suggests that the root explanation...

Published Sun, Aug 15 2010 7:46 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Billionaires Go Big For Charity

While Republicans in DC look for ways to preserve the fortunes of the wealthiest Americans , an elite group of billionaires is conspiring to give all of (er, most of) theirs away. With Bill Gates and Warren Buffet taking the lead, is it possible that...

Published Sat, Aug 14 2010 6:30 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

U.S. Teen On Solo North Korea Peacebuilding Mission

President Obama still hasn't started the direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il that he controversially promised during his campaign two years ago. But that's not stopping a 13-year-old American from doing just that, solo and on his...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 12:12 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Kenya's Solar-Powered Insurance For Farmers

When it comes to insurance for poor farmers, Kenya's been using some innovative strategies worth watching. Earlier this year, for example, we wrote about a pioneering plan to insure cattle herders against drought in Kenya's dusty north. Now, Kenyan...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 12:01 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How to Take Full Advantage of International Impunity, By Omar al-Bashir

In the months after the first warrants were issued for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, he proceeded to kick aid groups out of the country and ramp up violence against the people of Darfur; proving to the international community that he enjoys ultimate...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 8:52 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

U.S. Releases Millennium Development Goal Plan, 10 Years Late

If I told you I had a plan for ending poverty in 15 years, but also said you’d have to wait 10 years to hear it, would you still listen? That’s what news that USAID just released its strategy for meeting the Millennium Development Goals feels like. In...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 6:20 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A Modest, Battery-Powered Tool to Fight Tuberculosis

If you don't have a hero rat or a salad spinner on hand, why not try a low-cost microscope? Previously here on Global Poverty, we've blogged about various low-budget global health diagnostic tools, including trained rats that can sniff out tuberculosis...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 11:47 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Porn Vs. Politics as Usual

Elected officials worldwide, and especially in the U.S., are notorious for being overly distracted, aloof and absentminded during routine and even special legislative sessions. In other words, they apparently believe that there's better things to...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 7:47 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Slumtours for Millionaires

Earlier this year, I blogged about my own experiences with poverty tourism — arguing that people who visit slums generally do so with the best of intentions, and that the experience can be quite meaningful. Many of you agreed with me and shared your own...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 7:00 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Meet Malawi's SkyLoos

The top killer in Malawi isn't malaria, and it isn't AIDS. It's a condition far more mundane than either of those diseases, and something that not many people want to talk about: diarrhea. Across Malawi, lack of toilets and clean drinking...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 12:53 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Cambodian Genocide: Would You Seek Revenge?

If someone killed your parents in a heat of passion in peacetime, wouldn't it be hard to remain civil, to greet them on the street and shake their hand? Now imagine somebody coldly, over time, designed the architecture to murder them among several...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 12:28 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

In This New Dawn, Let Us Not Forget Our POW/MIA in Iraq

September will mark no less than three significant dates for the United States in regard to our presence in Iraq. Firstly, September 1 st will mark the end of the sardonically named “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” and the transition to a reduced (not withdrawal...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 7:01 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

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