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August 30, 2019 | The Lancet
Sexual Violence, HIV, and Conflict in South Sudan
As refugees flee conflict in South Sudan, the burden of HIV grows, in part because of rampant sexual violence.
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August 30, 2019 | The Lancet
Picturing Health: Health Services in Refugee Camps Are Helping South Sudanese Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Violence
Health clinics in Ugandan refugee camps provide services to South Sudanese women who have survived sexual violence.
March 09, 2018 | The Lancet
Access to Family Planning in Senegal Can Stem Infanticide, Abortion, and the Jailing of Women
In a jail in Senegal, a woman is imprisoned, convicted with infanticide. Access to family planning could help to prevent this societal woe.
July 26, 2016 | The Lancet
Hunting for Help in South America
With potential treatments for Huntington's disease on the horizon, questions of responsibility towards Latin American communities are being felt acutely. Will they ever reap the benefits of research?
April 27, 2015 | The Lancet
Sub-Saharan Africa: Finding Surgery's Place on the Global Health Agenda
Billions of people worldwide do not have access to even the simplest surgical procedures. But a new global initiative hopes to change the situation.
May 16, 2014 | The Lancet
Uganda's Struggle with Schistosomiasis
How Uganda's fight against disease is undermined by the country's lack of infrastructure, a low priority for both government and donors.
March 19, 2014 | The Lancet
Breaking the Cycle: Drought and Hunger in Kenya
Aid to Kenya responds to the country's recurrent food crises but it fails to address the underlying infrastructure problems that could prevent such emergencies.
September 16, 2013 | The Lancet
Aid Agencies Accused of Ignoring Rights Abuses in Ethiopia
Several major aid agencies have been blamed for not addressing rights violations in Ethiopia, including those linked to their programs in the country.
July 24, 2012 | The Lancet
Mumbai: A Prime Breeding Ground for Drug-Resistant Infections
Mumbai is a breeding ground for drug-resistant infections, most notably tuberculosis, due to poverty and mismanagement by health officials.
August 12, 2011 | The Lancet
Humanitarian Response Inadequate in Horn of Africa Crisis
Despite drought warnings in the Horn of Africa, the international community was unprepared for what some experts say was "inevitable."
May 21, 2010 | The Lancet
Tackling Tuberculosis in Southern Mexico
Efforts to control tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant forms of the disease face extra hurdles in Mexico's poorer states. Samuel Loewenberg reports from Chiapas, southern Mexico. The village of Los Chorros lies in a lush valley reached by a dirt track at the end of a mountain road that winds past brick and wooden huts with thatched roofs, and terraced agricultural fields (see webvideo). At the top of a small hill is a yellow concrete building with a corrugated metal roof.
May 14, 2010 | The Lancet
The Plight of Mexico's Indigenous Women
Indigenous women in Mexico's poorest states face health challenges on many fronts because of abject poverty, poor education, and a dire shortage of medical staff. Samuel Loewenberg reports.