Global Health

Full Bellies Don't Equal Healthy Bodies

When it comes to diet, are children in rural Africa actually be better off than those living in the Western world? That's one of the findings of a new study focused on the bacteria found in the bellies of young children, published by Italian scientists...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 1:22 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Empowering Women to Lead Africa's Agricultural Research

Stop in Anytown, Africa and the important role women play in agriculture is obvious — they're the ones running the village farms. But travel into Africa's cities, and step inside its laboratories — the ones conducting research on agricultural...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 6:30 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

In Kenya, MTV Tries to Make Fighting HIV Cool

The story has all the requisite staples: sultry women, city lights, emotional backstabbing. But MTV's Shuga is more than that. For its target audience in Kenya, it's also a compelling meditation on HIV/AIDS. We've written before here about...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:54 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Muslim Reality TV Show for New Leaders to Go Global

Looking for the next young Muslim leader who can change the world for the better? Look no further, or at least there's now a breakthrough way to find and foster them. Because the leading Islamic reality TV show in Malaysia, which sets out to discover...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 11:00 AM by Change.org's Human Rights 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

It's Time For President Obama To Deliver Results for Veterans

Paul Rieckhoff is part of Change.org's Changemakers network, comprised of leading voices for social change. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and the author of Chasing Ghosts . President Obama’s...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 1:19 PM by Change.org's Human Rights Blog

Now Growing in Africa: Ethanol

If a Western oil giant has its way, rural Sierra Leone will soon be the site of some major ethanol production. The possibility is raising an increasingly common set of questions: Is that the right way to use the land? And whose land, anyway? The ethanol...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 12:48 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

African Promises on Maternal and Child Health, Round Two

As a recent report from the Lancet puts it, the number of maternal and child deaths around the world is “unacceptably large.” And yet most maternal and child deaths are preventable. Accordingly last week, when the African Union Summit concluded, African...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 7:34 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How to Prove You're Post-Conflict? Pick Up Your Trash

Okay, that may be an exaggeration. But it’s the first thing I noticed when I arrived in Freetown last month, two and a half years after my first visit. Back then, trash lined the streets until it was shoved into a pile, and the pile was lit on fire. Voila...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 2:02 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Kampala to Beijing: Global Health's Influential New "Hot Spots"

When we think about the places where policies influencing global health are debated and decided, there are a few usual suspects — cities like New York, Geneva, Washington D.C and London. Not surprisingly, though, and perhaps disappointingly, all...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 6:06 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Gift Cards for Haitian Hospitals

By at least one metric, the Hopital Adventiste d'Haiti is quite well-equipped. Its storerooms are filled with wheelchairs, hygiene kits, a thousand-gallon box of dishrags, dozens of laryngoscopes and a 20-year supply of rubbing alcohol and peroxide...

Published Sat, Jul 31 2010 6:22 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Will Congress Vote to Empower Haitians?

Unless Haitian farmers and other small business owners have the opportunity to generate revenue and create jobs, the recovery from last January's catastrophic earthquake will continue to flounder. The Haiti Empowerment, Assistance and Rebuilding Read...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 12:12 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The World's Poor, Waiting For a U.S. Climate Bill

Villagers in Latin America have no voice in the U.S. Senate. And when it comes to climate change, that's too bad. Last week, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a climate bill that called for caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Proponents failed to round...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 6:36 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Send a Greeting Card, Educate an Orphan

You've read the headlines: Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest rate of primary school enrollment of anywhere in the world. In many countries, fully one in four children aren't enrolled in school at all. A shortage of teachers, school fees, distance...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 12:25 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

In a Landmark Move, Darfur Rebels Agree to Protect Children

In what could be a vital step toward improving the welfare of children in Darfur, a Sudanese rebel group has signed a deal with the United Nations — agreeing to leave children out of its warfare. Will this move actually stop the use of child soldiers...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 6:40 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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