For conservation efforts in the Amazon to be successful, the people of the forests must be included. Mapping these people and their resources is the first step to doing this.
Enderson Araujo uses new media and technology to fight the one dimensional image of drugs and violence associated with Brazil's favelas.
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The story of Elisangela, a single mother with two chronically ill children, reveals what is right and wrong with Brazil's free public healthcare system.
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Mumbai is a breeding ground for drug-resistant infections, most notably tuberculosis, due to poverty and mismanagement by health officials.
Harvard School of Public Health students are mapping toilet facilities in Cheeta Camp, turning information into an advocacy tool to improve sanitation in India's slums.
An antibiotic-resistant bacteria emerging in New Delhi (NDM-1) is spreading fast, thanks to poor sanitation and medical tourism. It poses the risk of unstoppable infections.
The wide availability of antibiotics--and their misuse--has allowed the super-resistant NDM-1 gene to spread across India and to at least 35 other countries through India’s growing medical tourism industry.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria is spreading from India throughout the world, affecting those living in New Delhi slums as well as "medical tourists" who come to India for inexpensive treatment.
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