August 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

Land Grabs in Africa: Good for the Natives?

With one billion people around the world hungry, can we really afford to let perfectly fertile land lie fallow? Over at the Guardian, Kate Allen asks some hard questions about the growing land grab trend in Africa. Financiers are coming from wide and...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 1:33 PM 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

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

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

The Catholic Church and Their Countdown to Zero Nuclear Weapons

At the 65 th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon became the first Secretary to attend an official memorial service in Japan, speaking about the urgency to “free [the world] of weapons of mass...

Published Mon, Aug 09 2010 3:45 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Next Generation of Terrorists Attacking Sources of Power, Not People

Welcome to the next generation of terrorism. You and your family are in luck, because when it becomes dominant, you'll be less likely to be the victim of a terrorist attack. In a strange synergy between 9/11 and Somali pirates, a tanker owned by a...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 8:21 AM by Change.org's Human Rights 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

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

Why No One in Africa Wants to Farm Anymore

There’s growing concern in Africa and around the world about food security. The population continues to grow, European birth rates be damned; climate change is wreaking havoc with agriculture; and some post-war countries like Sierra Leone and Liberia...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 6:56 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Five Ways "President" Gingrich Would Weaken National Security

Considering there will be a number of midterm Congressional seats up for a vote in two months, and a critical Presidential election only two years from now, this fall is an important time to restore movements for progress. Many of you are already rallying...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 2:33 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

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