Elizabeth Stuart

GlobalPost

Elizabeth Stuart is a Kaiser Global Health Fellow at GlobalPost. Before joining the team, Elizabeth wrote for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, where she specialized in poverty, immigration and education. She has a B.A. from Brigham Young University and an M.S. from Columbia University.

For companies, investing in women can mean better health, education — and business

But experts say there is still work to be done to translate good theories into results.

For companies, investing in women can mean better health, education — and business

Violence in South Sudan overwhelms an already fragile health system

Violence in South Sudan overwhelms an already fragile health system

Early-stage program saving mothers' lives in Uganda and Zambia

Early-stage program saving mothers' lives in Uganda and Zambia

7 wins for global child health in 2013

7 wins for global child health in 2013

How patent rules could keep new hepatitis C drug from saving 'millions of lives'

How patent rules could keep new hepatitis C drug from saving 'millions of lives'

How to achieve an AIDS-free generation? Ghana has a few ideas

In the last four years, mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ghana declined by 76 percent. What's the secret to this success?

How to achieve an AIDS-free generation? Ghana has a few ideas

Secretive trade pact called 'most harmful ever' for affordable medicine

Global health advocates say the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade agreement between the US and 11 other countries, is an attack on public health. Part of the proposal was published by WikiLeaks last week.

Secretive trade pact called 'most harmful ever' for affordable medicine

Typhoon Haiyan: Using keywords and hashtags to help the Philippines

A new project combines computer-generated algorithms and volunteers to quickly sift through social media noise during disasters.

Typhoon Haiyan: Using keywords and hashtags to help the Philippines

Oxfam challenges brands like Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Nestle to help fix global food system

A campaign seeks to harness the power of the 10 biggest food companies to fight hunger, malnutrition, poverty and human rights abuses.

Oxfam challenges brands like Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Nestle to help fix global food system

Red Cross leader explains how polio vaccination campaign in Syria could work

The UN announced it will vaccinate 10 million children in the Middle East against polio after several cases were found in Syria. But in a country ravaged by civil war, it’s a tricky proposition.

Red Cross leader explains how polio vaccination campaign in Syria could work

Child mortality rates are falling, but Millennium Development Goal is still far off

A report released by UNICEF Thursday says the world will not meet the UN's Millennium Development Goal on child mortality until 2028.

Child mortality rates are falling, but Millennium Development Goal is still far off

Isaac Kasamani Uganda

Photo essay about malaria in Uganda.

Isaac Kasamani Uganda

Marissa Miley Photo Essay

A photo essay on pneumonia in Zambia

Marissa Miley Photo Essay

Counting the uncountable? Measuring progress in global child health

As the 2015 deadline to meet the Millennium Development Goals nears, United Nations statisticians say life's improved drastically for children in the developing world. How do they know?

Counting the uncountable? Measuring progress in global child health
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Step by Step: Methodology and Data Notes

A brief explanation of the statistics used for GlobalPost's Special Report on child mortality.

Step by Step: Methodology and Data Notes