Health

The World Food Prize, brought to you by Monsanto

Alex Park on Mother Jones, wrote about Secretary of State John Kerry announcing the recipient of the quarter-million-dollar World Food Prize. His article points out how and why The World Food Prize, brought to you by Monsanto… This is the 10th year that the State Department has...

Message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

United Nations Population Fund is teaming up with partners to spearhead the Global Campaign to End Fistula. Below is the message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by the Secretary-General: Pregnant women have a great deal to look forward to: the miracle of birth, meeting...

DR Congo toughest place for mothers, Dhaka, Rios Montt, TEDxKhartoum

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: DR Congo toughest place for mothers, Dhaka, Bangladesh's worst industrial accident; Former leader of Guatemala, Rios Montt convicted of genocide; Sudan shuts TEDx community forum. - DR Congo toughest...

China bird flu crisis claims new victims as death toll rises to 9

Bird flu is spreading in China, and according to a recent article on CNN, China’s bird flu crisis showed no sign of easing Tuesday as the death toll rose to nine, a government agency said. The National Health and Family Planning Commission announced two more fatalities Tuesday...

Clean Cooking Solutions to the Poor, Wold Water Day, Earth Hour

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Mobilizing a $100 Billion Market to Bring Clean Cooking Solutions to the Poor, and this week we celebrated Wold Water Day and turned off the lights on Earth Hour! - Mobilizing a $100 Billion Market to...

Historic Opportunity to Tackle Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis at Risk

Earlier this week, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced two new drugs effective against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) must be introduced to improve treatment regimens in countries with a high...

Denis Mukwege, Enough Project and Eric Reeves

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Denis Mukwege, renown gynaecologist in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Enough Project selected as a winner of the 2013 Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention competition, and Eric Reeves on bombings in...