Global Health

The UN Calls Water a Human Right

Activists around the world are raising a glass today — of clear, cold water — after the UN today declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a human right. Without water, the average person wouldn't last more than a handful of days (or less...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:55 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Somalia's Problem Isn't Al Shabab, Food Security Is

Or at least, it's a big part of it. And this shouldn't be a little-known fact. It's been true for almost as long as some Change.org readers have been alive, according to the United Nations. And the issue recently surfaced on CNN, as well....

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 6:00 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Link Between Tax Reform and Malaria

When it comes to the fight against malaria, don't just think about white-robed scientists or larger-than-life figures like Bill Gates, the presidents of Tanzania and Uganda argue in a new Wall Street Journal op-ed . Consider, instead, the role of...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 2:17 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

What Would James Cameron Think of Brazil's Forest Communities?

After the glow from Avatar faded, many of the movie's junkies found themselves depressed, knowing that they'd never get to experience the beauty of the world of Pandora firsthand. Actually, they can. It's a world that's home to the Ambé...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 7:12 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

When Did HIV Prevention Go Retro?

Any child of the 80s or early 90s should intuitively feel the improvement that’s been made on HIV/AIDS around the world. If you’re my age, or a little older, you remember Ryan White, and now you’re old enough to know why: He was the kid who got AIDS from...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 11:58 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Why the U.S. Shouldn't Discriminate Against Immigrants With Tuberculosis

As if the debate over immigration reform wasn't tense enough, these days, U.S. public health officials are growing increasingly concerned about the possibility that undocumented Mexican immigrants are entering the U.S. with drug-resistant forms of...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 6:15 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Building Brazil's Future, Brick By Eco-Brick

The path to fix Brazil’s housing shortage is paved with bricks. Well, kind of. For years, Brazil has seen its population significantly grow, which has squeezed access to housing in many of its cities. Though the country experienced a major economic makeover...

Published Sat, Jul 24 2010 6:56 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

In the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Losing the Battle Against Addiction

I haven't heard yet whether delegates at this week's International AIDS conference — slogan, "Right Here, Right Now" — ever broke into any rousing choruses in the key of Jesus Jones. Given broad fears that the war on HIV/AIDS is falling...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 12:38 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How a Salad Spinner Could Save Lives

Cleaning leafy greens isn’t the only way a salad spinner can help promote health. Now, thanks to a couple of innovative undergrads, this old kitchen tool is learning new tricks. When Lila Kerr and Lauren Theis enrolled in their Introduction to Bioengineering...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 7:00 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Tree Poaching on the Decline

If the Amazon has traditionally been known as the "earth's lungs," in recent decades, the green reservoir has begun to look badly moth-eaten and scarred. The good news, though, says one London-based think tank, is that such deforestation...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 2:20 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

When Search Engines Deal in Fake Drugs

Who says Chinese state-run television can't run hard-hitting reports? This week, China Central Television (CCTV) turned heads when it aired a program accusing Baidu — China's primary search engine — of profiting by directing users to sites that...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 10:31 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

You, Too, Can Help Fight Niger's Famine

In poverty-stricken Niger, it comes as no surprise that drought is pushing the most vulnerable people to the brink of hunger. Right? But then you hear a statistic like this one, with the power to shock even the most cynical: right now, fully half of the...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 8:15 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Nigerian Activists Say Counterfeit Pill Peddlers Deserve the Death Penalty

You'd be hard-pressed to make the case that a street vendor hawking fake Gucci bags in any given Chinatown should face the death penalty. But one NGO in Nigeria is arguing that people who traffic in other kinds of counterfeit — specifically, counterfeit...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 10:51 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

4 Lessons to Take Away From the Response to Haiti's Quake

Six months after the 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti, what can we learn from the response to the disaster? After the quake struck, the world quickly sprang into action, as rescue workers from 26 countries responded and donations flooded in from individuals...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 8:52 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A National Security Plan We Can Believe In

Depending on who you speak to, Dana Priest’s latest Washington Post exposé on the top-secret world of the government’s post-9/11 counterterrorism efforts is either a bombshell or a bust . But is it possible that our best protection against violent extremism...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 3:36 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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