Why Nigeria Has More HIV-Positive Infants Than Anywhere Else
A unique, church-based program is leading the fight against mother-to-child HIV transmission in Nigeria.
A unique, church-based program is leading the fight against mother-to-child HIV transmission in Nigeria.
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Despite the peace deal, new waves of deadly violence are hitting many areas of Colombia, especially those once under FARC-rebel control. And it's targeting the very people—activists and social leaders—for whom the peace deal was supposed to make life safer.
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The Constitution guarantees every American facing trial the right to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. But across the country, the public defender system is stretched to the breaking point.
Since the majority of Rohingya refugees are women and girls, they are vulnerable to traffickers looking to make fast money in the Bangladeshi sex trade.