Global Health

What the Crisis in Kyrgyzstan Should Tell the World

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commemorated World Refugee Day last week , she noticeably failed to reference one violent refugee crisis that’s been unfolding now for weeks. Central Asia hasn't seen a refugee crisis like the one that's...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 2:59 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Link Between Diamonds and Tuberculosis

Among all the predictors of tuberculosis epidemics out there, the presence of gold, diamonds and precious minerals in the soil doesn't rank high on that list. Poor sanitation, check. High levels of AIDS infections? Check. But precious minerals? What...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 10:56 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Should Governments Forcibly Test People for HIV?

It's not nearly as outrageous as forcing HIV-positive women to become sterilized. But these days, there's another invasive practice that's attracting serious controversy: mandatory HIV testing. While the debate over mandatory testing isn't...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 7:44 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Teaching Haitian Tent Cities With Soap Operas

Normal 0 0 1 282 1608 13 3 1974 11.1280 0 0 0 For a lot of parents in the U.S., the idea of leaving your children to watch soap operas smacks of bad parenting. But for people in Haiti's tent cities, it might not be such a bad idea. A new project financed...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 12:56 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

In Pursuit of Less Lethal Floods

If the 1980s were marked by bouffant hairstyles, shoulder pads and power ballads, the 2080s might be an era of massive flooding. According to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by that point, some 20% of the world's...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 10:14 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Hidden Costs of Skin Lightening Products

If it's beautiful to be white, as so many marketers will tell you, it can also be extremely dangerous, too. Throughout much of the developing world and the U.S., beauty salons and corner markets offer products like Skinlite and Vite-Fée ("fast...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 5:47 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How to Deal with Corruption Allegations: Zambia Edition

Here's a real-life quandary straight out of Ranil's post on aid accountability: following evidence of fraud within Zambia's ministry of health, millions in aid grants to the country have been suspended . After all, how can donors be expected...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 3:09 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

For the 12 Million Roma, Europe is the Third World

The order to leave came unexpectedly, with residents given only 20 minutes to abandon their homes and much of their belongings. “They came with trucks and police cars,” one of the victims from the informal Gazela Bridge settlement in Belgrade, Serbia...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 12:55 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

In Praise of Rwanda's "Public Option"

If Rwanda's high economic growth rate, political stability and focus on women's rights have not yet convinced you that the country is beacon of hope in Africa, perhaps this will: the government of Rwanda currently offers health insurance to 92...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 10:13 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Will Trade Guns For Job? Turning AK-47s into Ploughshares

I’m spending a lot of time lately thinking about one of the most ubiquitous acronyms in post-conflict Africa: DDR. So few letters, so many expectations. DDR stands for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (usually). It’s the process by which...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 6:52 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How to Stop the Sahara's Spread ? Build a Great Green Wall

Today in Chad, 11 African leaders collected $119 million dollars — to plant trees. The money, pledged from the Global Environment Facility, is intended to help Saharan countries go green. Literally. The plan, according to the BBC , is to build a "wall"...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 1:42 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Why You Need TXA as Much as Your Seat Belt

When someone perishes in a car crash — as happened in the case of Zenani Mandela's fatal accident this week — any number of "what if's" besiege the mind: What if the driver hadn't been drinking? What if they hadn't taken that...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 8:16 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Toilet Is the New Mobile Phone (Or Should Be)

The White House isn’t the only place you’ll hear a lot about toilets these days. Buried in the letters section of the June 7 edition of the Financial Times , one reader made this rather bold statement while talking about Africa: “A toilet is the new mobile...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 6:18 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

What TV Can Do For Rice Farmers

Television hasn't always enjoyed a very good rap. It's the modern-day " infernal box, " a purveyor of jingles and empty talking heads — by at least some measures, the signal measure of America's decline . It's also, as Sarah...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 2:11 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

When the Drugs Don't Work

When penicillin first crossed the global stage during World War II, it was embraced as a miracle drug, a silver bullet for previously intractable bacterial infections. And it was — but not for long. Patients' bacteria swiftly began to develop a resistance...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 8:52 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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