Good News & Bad News for Global Women’s Health Under Trump
First, the bad news. “Mr. Trump does not have a track record on health and reproductive rights so there’s not a lot we know…
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All of Uganda’s Free Emergecy Contraceptives Are About to Expire
NAIROBI — Uganda’s entire public stock of emergency contraceptives will expire by Wednesday, leaving women — especially survivors of rape — in the lurch.
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Terrorized Kenyan Town Loses Doctors, Nurses
The bodies of the students killed at Garissa University, in Kenya’s most deadly terrorist attack in nearly 10 years, had all been flown to…
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World Health Organization Says Ebola Outbreak Wasn’t Taken Seriously
August 5, 2014 Five months after the start of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, global response measures are beginning to be scaled up….
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How Global Health Failed as the Ebola Outbreak Took Hold
Liberians have been sounding the alarm for weeks. Why has real action on Ebola been so slow? MONROVIA, Liberia — Every day, 25 volunteers…
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Nigeria Prepares To Treat Rape, Sexual Trauma Of Kidnapped School Girls
“What is happening to the girls is an open secret: sexual abuse.” ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s public health officials are preparing medical support for…
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The Human Face of Healthcare Debates
A documentary chronicles “24 hours. 241 patients. 1 stretched ER” A middle-aged man who lays carpet can’t sleep at night from bone-spur pain. He…
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How much does Africa spend on health?
That’s what the ONE campaign wants to know. They’ve kicked off a petition to ask African leaders to publish their health budgets — promises…
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Sick in Africa? Get thee to a cargo container
The next Chinese incursion into Africa is coming by ship. Last year, in a pilot program, China trained 10 doctors in how to use…
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Some surprising facts about FGM, in new UNICEF study
UNICEF today released a thorough report on female genital mutilation/cutting, which includes deep dives into data sets, methodology and social theory — there’s a…
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