Why Doctors Without Borders Is Adding Food To Its Medical Bag
In Nigeria, the food crisis is so severe that when MSF sees families to treat disease or provide vaccinations, they're starting to distribute food as well.
Global Health
Jamaica Says U.S. And Others Are 'Poaching' Its Nurses
Some surgeries are being postponed due to a lack of nursing staff.
Children's Whirligig Toy Inspires a Low-Cost Laboratory Test
A paper version of a spinning children's toy can replace laboratory centrifuges to process blood tests. The "paperfuge" may help diagnose malaria and other diseases.
The Friendship Bench Can Help Chase The Blues Away
A psychiatrist in Zimbabwe had a brainstorm. What if there were a place where people who are depressed could seek counseling without having to go to a clinic.
Tom Hiddleston At Golden Globes: Maybe Not The Best Charity Spokesman
The Twitter storm over the actor's comments at the Golden Globes raises the question: What makes an ideal celebrity spokesperson?
Global Buzzwords That Will Keep On Buzzing In 2017
From airpocalypse to UAVs, we decipher the trending terms of global health and development. And we even use them in a sentence!
They Never Told Her That Girls Could Become Scientists
Now she knows they can. Mireille Kamariza, who grew up in Burundi, is a graduate student at Stanford, working on a promising new test to detect the TB bacteria.
Women Push Back After Mass Groping At Bangalore New Year's Event
Photos and videos show hundreds of men harassing young women. Some of them beat off the men with their shoes. And now India's women are protesting.
The Doctors Aren't In At Kenya's Public Hospitals
They went on strike a month ago, asking for a raise and better training and equipment. So far the government hasn't met their demands.
When There's No Therapist, How Can The Depressed Find Help?
A different way of providing counseling is being tested in India. It turns out it was tested — but abandoned — in the U.S. decades ago.