September 2012
Global Health
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Mystery in the FieldsA mysterious form of chronic kidney disease — CKD — is afflicting thousands of people in rural, agricultural communities in Sri Lanka, India and Central America. The struggle to identify its causes is baffling researchers across multiple continents.
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How Cell Phones are Improving Health in Uganda
In a new initiative called mTrac, supported by UNICEF and the World Health Organization,health workers are using cheap cell phones to text details of drug supplies and disease outbreaks. The result is helping identify disease trends faster and move supplies to the target areas where they are needed the most.
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The "Missing Women"
Each year, there are four million fewer girls and women under the age of 60 than men. Here's why.
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Spotlight: Kiva.org
Kiva connects people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging
the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva
lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva
lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
Feature: Tourette's Syndrome in Bali
What is it like to have Tourette's Syndrome in a culture where it is little understood?
The trailer for "The Bird Dancer" is part of a series of ethnographic films on severe mental illness in Indonesia, by director and anthropologist Robert Lemelson. Another excellent blog post about this topic and this film can be found here: Not allowed to have a small heart: Tourette's Syndrome |
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