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Apr 02, 2007
One Thing Leads to Another, in AIDS Treatment Too
If there is a core truism to aid work it might be that all things are connected.
Mar 28, 2007
TB Rates Decline, But XDR-TB Lurks in the Wings
The World Health Organization has announced that worldwide tuberculosis cases as a percentage of the population held steady in 2006. Yet more cases of tuberculosis are identified as extensively drug-resistent (XDR-TB).
Mar 20, 2007
(Red) Gets a Beating
Critics are pillorying Bono’s current project to save Africa, Product (Red).
Mar 14, 2007
U.S. Far From Free for its Migrant Workers
A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center questions whether guest worker programs in fact benefit workers as they should.
Mar 07, 2007
The Danger of Denial
An article in the March 12 edition of The New Yorker provides an overview of AIDS denial, and how it has influenced AIDS treatment practices in South Africa.
Mar 06, 2007
Condom Use Not Enough To Curb the Spread of HIV
Botswana’s prevention programs have focused almost exclusively on condom distribution and promotion; no one is talking about either abstinence or promoting faithfulness to one partner.
Feb 28, 2007
Forgotten Diseases and Economics
The world continues to harbor a number of ‘forgotten’ diseases for which science has provided a treatment that society - whether out of political motivation or lack of will - refuses to make available to those who need it.
Feb 23, 2007
All Not Well in the State of Philanthropy
Two stories have come out in the past week that run counter to the rosy media coverage surrounding philanthropy. The first reports that 4.4 million fewer Americans volunteered their time in 2006, a drop of about eight percent from the year before. The second highlights a dramatic decrease in donations to the arts from corporate philanthropy.
Feb 20, 2007
How the Poor Live
A recent study conducted by the MIT Poverty Action Lab reveals surprising data about how the poor earn, spend, borrow and invest. The study should be required reading for anyone looking at ways to effectively invest in reducing poverty.
Feb 10, 2007
Niger’s Greening Brings New Possibilities for Cash
The current greening of Niger puts the into question whether environmental degradation really is an intractable problem in impoverished regions.