This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations has come out with updated guidance to encourage education ministers, especially in developing countries, to invest further in comprehensive sexuality education for young people, offering advice on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People may think giving birth is the same wherever you are in the world. But not always in Old Fangak, South Sudan, where I recently worked as a midwife for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pneumonia is the biggest killer of children worldwide, but when it comes to fighting the deadly disease, the problem is not a lack of tools or knowledge, but access, experts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although there is no official count of school closings for flu-related concerns, The 74 has tallied at least 11 districts and nine scattered individual schools across 12 states that have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around 2.5 billion people with poor vision, of whom 80 percent live in developing countries, do not have eyeglasses, which could vastly improve their vision. The leading causes of blindness —…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The path to better mental and physical health might just begin on an actual nature hiking path. As our society becomes more dependent on technology, we find ourselves indoors more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many reasons it behooves rich institutions and countries to pay for polio eradication programs in the few countries where the disease remains. At the same time, however, the actual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When people think of Médecins Sans Frontières, they think of a bunch of courageous doctors, running across the front line of a conflict zone, bombs going off all around, carrying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nan Goldin lights a cigarette and takes a puff. “My dealer came here 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I was one of his best customers.” She giggles sarcastically.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since I joined Wellcome’s Public Engagement team in late 2016, we’ve been busy. We launched a new funding scheme, supported countless projects, appointed new Fellows and worked with amazing new partners. But the biggest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Access to quality healthcare for all communities in a scalable and sustainable way — that is at the heart of VillageReach’s mission. VillageReach (2006 Skoll Social Entrepreneur) focuses on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In laying out the Sustainable Development Goals, the international community set itself an ambitious set of targets to achieve by the end of the next decade. But the challenge of…