Nurith Aizenman
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After a surge in violence in the Congolese city of Beni, the World Health Organization and UNICEF have decided to temporarily pullout non-essential staff from the Ebola hotspot.
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Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no strings attached cash. A new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit from a big ripple effect.
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Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same. -
NewsIn lower-income countries, snakes, cow carcasses and collapsing walls are among the hazards faced by this critical but long-ignored group of workers. -
A sweeping study in The Lancet finds that longstanding progress in treating diseases and reducing childhood deaths is in jeopardy. -
The first-ever Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index points to the creative rules that some nations use — and what happens when contact isn't policed. -
How does their approach work in practice? And why is it considered so ground-breaking? -
NewsEven as U.S. authorities investigate Juul for marketing to minors and making unproven safety claims, the company is using those tactics to expand to poorer countries. Case in point: the Philippines. -
The foundation has just released its annual report on progress toward Sustainable Development Goals. The conclusion: Inequality is rampant, and it's time for some hard choices. -
NewsThere's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza viruses to diarrheal disease.
