Part 2: Leveraging knowledge to fight disease and disability Illness, injury and disability can devastate a country’s people and resources as ruthlessly as any war. Aid organizations often appear during a crisis to combat disease outbreaks and — if time and money allow — to teach people in affected communities how to... More
Part 1: Direct Health Initiative It’s almost the punchline to an unfunny joke but most Americans have absolutely no idea of how much — actually, how little — the country spends on foreign aid. A 2013 Kaiser Family Foundation survey on the U.S. role in global health found that, when asked... More
Take heart, that pregnancy is a blessing By Verah Okeyo Sandra Ruong’o is a woman at peace with herself and the world around her: she laughs easily, an engaging laugh that makes you want to join in. We find her in an apron at her parent’s restaurant, Summerworld, in Bondo, Kisumu, where she... More