Cancer treatment in the developing world tends to be primitive or non-existent. It's not a priority for aid donors - there is a mistaken tendency to see it as a disease of the rich.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Having breast cancer here often means no care at all, or care that’s too costly for any common person to afford, or a lot of initial missteps.
Dr. Jackson Orem heads the Uganda Cancer Institute. Until recently, he was the only oncologist in a country of more than 30 million people.
Smoking is the leading cause of death in China, and by 2050 the number of deaths from tobacco-related causes is expected to triple.
With convenient and seemingly endless options, Dubai’s lifestyle has evolved to reflect its consumer-driven culture.
Dubai’s current obesity crisis is mainly the result of the wealthy emirate’s convenience-driven culture.
Fast food fits naturally with Dubai's booming expansion and fast-paced lifestyle. Obesity has become an unwanted by-product.
Dubai’s wealth, dramatic population increase and fast-paced lifestyle have resulted in a cultural shift. Many of these changes, however, negatively impact health of its citizens.
Joanne Silberner reflects on the logistical challenges of reporting from Haiti, Uganda and India–and the deeper challenge of meaningful global health reporting.
A health facility in rural Haiti has a program to detect and treat cancer, but a big challenge persists: How can they encourage Haitians to get cancer screening and treatments before it’s too late?
For a journalist covering poverty-related health issues, what is the price of cancer in Uganda?
More people die of cancer than from HIV, TB and malaria combined, and two thirds of those deaths are in the developing world. Joanne Silberner begins her reporting on this phenomenon in Uganda.
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