Tag: global health
American midwife discovers challenges of medicine in Haiti
Erin Curtiss, a midwife in Seattle, went to Haiti to help train more midwives. What she found, though, shocked her and disappointed her, but left her wanting to help more....
Larger social networks — especially earlier in life — leads to larger brain development
New research out of the United Kingdom indicates that people with larger social networks, especially early in life, will develop larger brain areas....
Teacher goes undercover, anonymously blogs about a year of eating school lunch
Sarah Wu, a teacher in Chicago Public Schools, ate school lunch for a year and blogged about it anonymously. She's revealed herself and is now out with a new book, Fed Up With Lunch....
Global mental health issues woefully overlooked
The United Nations has made it a goal to improve maternal and child health, but mental health issues around the world remain woefully overlooked....
Aborting girls increasingly common practice in India
As Indians become more prosperous and have access to technology that can tell them the sex of a fetus, they are increasingly choosing to abort girls....
Africa's HIV-positive women pressured not to have children
Across Africa, there have been organized efforts to prevent HIV-positive women from having children -- some are being paid, others being sterilized without their consent....
Overtreatment of malaria in Africa raises concerns
Prescribing malaria medication to patients who don’t need it wastes resources and can lead to drug resistance, say African health officials....
U.S. steps up clandestine operations in Somalia
A recent report claims the U.S. is sending $45 million in arms to African soldiers and private security companies....
Study finds home births increase by 20 percent
Women who chose home births say they want more control of their bodies and are rejecting the hospital and its technology. ...
Increase in C-Sections worldwide troubles health experts
From the U.S. to the third world, C-sections are on the rise. But health experts caution the procedure has unaccounted risks....
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