Ten years ago Laura Spero decided to bring badly needed oral health care to remote Nepali villages. She had no idea what challenges lay ahead.
New e-book available on cancer's global footprint from Joanne Silberner, Pulitzer Center and PRI's The World.
People in developing countries could cut their risk of diabetes by switching from white rice to brown rice. Turns out that’s easier said than done.
Between 1989 and 2003 as many as 250,000 people were killed in Liberia’s civil wars. News media paid little attention to it then and have since moved on. Liberians are trying to move on too.
If contraceptives were made available to the 222 million women in poor countries who want to avoid pregnancy, it would avert an estimated 118,000 maternal deaths, according to a UN study.
"Western" diseases such as heart attacks, diabetes, and hypertension hit poor countries, too, but you don't hear much about them. One challenge: making the story interesting.
The good news is that people in Cambodia are living longer. The bad news is they're getting chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Finding treatment is extremely difficult.
In the developing world, cancer kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. A Seattle clinic and its partner in Uganda are collaborating to improve care in the African country.
A Seattle-based doctor does research and trains young doctors in Uganda.
Morphine is cheap, easy to administer and brings relief to suffering cancer patients. Unfortunately, it is not always available.
In developing countries, one of every four cancers can be blamed on infectious agents. The reason? Poor sanition in these countries means greater exposure to germs.
In India a cheap, simple method to test for cervical cancer is saving thousands of lives.
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