The International Herald Tribune of 15 April 2010 actually includes a positive headline: Sharp drop in maternal deaths is reported. Good to read good news on the front page, usually relegated to the back! So the number of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth worldwide is falling. Positive news indeed, even if “some advocates for […]
In every region of the world, there are areas of severe water stress. Ten years ago, the Center for Environmental Systems Research at the University of Kassel in Germany released a ranking of countries according to the percentage of territory where water consumption exceeded 40% of supply. The list was topped by Israel and Trinidad […]
Four hundred million school-age children are infected with parasitic worms worldwide, which both damage their health and limit their access to education. Yet studies prove that deworming is the most cost-effective way of increasing education. Doing just that, Deworm the World is helping to improve children’s health and education by massively expanding deworming initiatives. It […]
Although they no doubt appeared in one form or another very early on in the evolution of life on Earth, human chromosomes (from the Greek for “colored bodies”) were first seen in the cell nucleus, under the microscope, at the end of the 19th Century. Their journey through the scientific realm proved difficult, as it […]
Featuring Camfed International: Dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women Camfed International has successfully challenged the conventional wisdom that cultural resistance is at the heart of girls’ exclusion from education in rural Africa, proving instead that chronic poverty is the main barrier. Since 1993, Camfed […]
Today, more than 60 million people live in slums across India, lacking access to healthcare, education, employment and housing. In 1989, Rajendra Joshi developed Saath, which uses public-private partnerships to improve the lives of over 40,000 people per year. In 2009, Saath’s employment programs with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation placed 8,000 slum residents in jobs […]
A new association has just been founded to support sustainable community initiatives in schooling, health and infrastructure. Currently active in Burkina Faso, Kaïcedra is working on a project to build a first grade class in Gorin in time for the start of classes in September 2010.
Caution should be used in reading the beginning of this article, A Sisterhood in Congo by Nicholas D. Kristof, which reads like something you might see in a horror movie. Yet the story shows what one person can do to make a difference in the lives of countless women, victims of the most atrocious crimes […]
Two concomitant pieces of good news provide fresh impetus towards the genetic understanding and control of a crippling ailment. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder responsible for a painful contracture and agitation of muscles at rest and a serious impediment to safe and proper locomotion. The lifetime incidence is in the order of 2.5% […]
The bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma used to be a killer. Today, thanks to the work of a dedicated LA doctor, this is no longer the case. Listen to one of the most dramatic success stories in cancer care. It’s good news!
