Global Health

Africa Doesn't Want or Need UK Aid

Last fiscal year, British public debt reached levels never seen before — prompting the release of an emergency budget last week aimed at remedying the fiscal imbalances. Assured cuts to funding had many worrying that programs for the poor and marginalized...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 9:00 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Is Mexico Turning Into a Dead Zone?

One of the deadliest places in the world right now is Mexico. This spring in the resort city of Acapulco, with its sandy white beaches and warm pacific waters, 17 people were murdered in a single day by a drug cartel, four of them decapitated. Mexican...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 9:36 AM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Saving American Schools from Rampant Militarism

One of the striking difference between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to public schools has to do with security. In Canada, if there's police at a school, people wonder what's wrong and get scared. In the U.S., where there's police at every...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 10:38 AM by Change.org's Human Rights 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

Afghan Gov Fears Swine Flu: Not Enough Antivirals, Not Enough Graves

The Afghan government has launched a swine-flu education campaign and declared an emergency after 11 people died of H1N1. You may think the government have more important things to worry about, but in Afghanistan there may not be enough graves to contain...

Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 9:00 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Ecuador Breaking 2,000 Drug Patents, Big Pharma Says No Problem

Ecuador are breaking drug patents left, right, and center, bypassing patents on 2,000 drugs "in order to produce them locally or buy cheaper versions elsewhere." And that's not the most interesting bit: 14 of the world's biggest pharmaceutical...

Published Sun, Nov 01 2009 6:16 PM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

A Checklist Manifesto for the Developing World

Atul Gawande’s recent book The Checklist Manifesto is a gift to those who believe that there's room for more neuroticism in the medical world. He puts forward a 19-point checklist of pre-operative behaviors that surgeons should have to go through...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 6:13 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Haitian PM: Enough Hoopla Already About the Missionaries

Looks like we've got all the hallmarks of an old-fashioned media feeding frenzy. The paparazzi swarming the car , the sunglassed celebrities inside. The waves and waves of media hits (over 6,900 articles this morning), the nonstop cataloguing of blow...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 8:54 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Should Cruise Ships Stop in Haiti?

That's the debate that has the media currently up in arms, as the cruise line Royal Caribbean has continued to make its serene voyages to the (undamaged) private Haitian island it leases, called Labadee®, located just 100 miles from Port-au-Prince...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 9:41 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Stars Pick Up the Phone for Haiti

Stars for Haiti last night aligned, as over 100 artists from Taylor Swift to Madonna converged for a two-hour telethon on behalf of the quake-devastated nation. Organized by George Clooney and Wyclef Jean, the show may have been a "study in carefully...

Published Sat, Jan 23 2010 9:11 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Help Fight Cancer by Owning Your Own Healthcare

Fran Drescher is part of Change.org's Changemakers network, comprised of leading voices for social change. Fran is the President of the Cancer Schmancer Movement. 2010 is our year, my friends. And let me tell ya why. You may or may not know it, but...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 7:23 AM by Change.org's Global Health Blog

Malawi's Shockingly Simple Solution to Brain Drain

One of the greatest challenges facing developing countries’ health systems is the health worker brain drain. Many doctors and nurses are recruited to work outside of their home countries to fill voids in wealthier nations’ workforces. We see it here in...

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 7:59 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Dialing Into the Fight Against Poverty

For most of us, cell phones are little more than a piece of plastic and a bill to pay. But in the developing world, they could be cause for celebration. The opportunities born out of the explosion in mobile phone access in unlikely parts of the world...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2010 7:40 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

To Fight Climate Change, Turn on the TV

What did you think of An Inconvenient Truth ? Not surprisingly, if you pose this question in most parts of the world, you'll get a quizzical look. But it turns out that watching more movies might actually help farmers in the developing world cope...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 2:21 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

When Global Health Wins the Aid Lottery

Rigorous science doesn't always make for "good news headlines " for global health. Consider this example: as Andrew wrote yesterday, this week's Lancet showcases a new study that finds that developing countries receiving external aid...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 7:03 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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