How Mobile Clinics in Tanzania Are Making a Difference
SEATTLE — The average Tanzanian is expected to live for about 65 years. This is…
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Efforts to Contain the Nipah Virus Outbreak in India
SEATTLE — The Nipah virus (NiV) is considered a pandemic, epidemic disease. Similar to Ebola,…
Progress and Challenges in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Vietnam
SEATTLE — The rate of new HIV/AIDS infections in Vietnam peaked in 2002, when an…
Amazon Promise Improving Health in Iquitos, Peru
SEATTLE — Iquitos is a city in northeastern Peru, reachable only via water, air or…
Two Healthcare Pioneers Transform the Lives of the Poor in India
SEATTLE — Very few people have the courage to give up a comfortable life to…
Solving the Sanitation Crisis in India
SEATTLE — Sanitation is described by UNICEF as a comprehensive term referring to “interventions that…
Bringing Innovative Healthcare to Ecuador’s Poor
SEATTLE — People living in Ecuador’s remote regions and slums often lack access to surgical…
Fighting Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia
SEATTLE — Yeserash was between 12 and 13 years old when her father Simeneh arranged…
The Partnership to End AIDS and Cervical Cancer Helps African Women
SEATTLE — AIDS is a global pandemic, ranking high on the U.N.’s list of diseases…
Global Polio Eradication Initiative Reduces the Prevalence of Polio
SEATTLE — The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is known as history’s largest coordinated mobilization…