The announcement that the U.S. will ship 500 metric tons of packaged, dry-roasted peanuts to Haiti later this year has been…
BOSTON – The emergency response to the West African Ebola outbreak requires immediate action. And that response means investment in…
There are not enough health workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. So far, Ebola has infected more…
A cholera outbreak in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has affected nearly 1,500 people, says the UN. International agencies are rushing…
Twenty years ago, Dr. Jim Kim was outside on the street protesting against the World Bank. Now, Kim is running it.
Dr. KJ Seung in North Korea.The Eugene Bell Foundation Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a global problem, but one that is…
Rwanda is widely celebrated for having demonstrated that major improvements in health can be achieved in a poor country, at relatively low cost per capita, by good strategy, innovation and focusing on the best bang for the buck. Rwanda says its due to brilliant planning and expanding doctor density. Jeffrey Sachs says its due to massive use of low-skilled community health workers – an approach that everyone should adopt.
Rwanda is a beautiful example of how even the most devastated country can, with enough support and the right kind of planning, make a stunning recovery and get itself on the path of progress. On many indicators of health and welfare, as well as economic growth, Rwanda is at the top of the list in Africa and, in some cases, globally. I’ve seen the evidence for this in person, having visited and reported on Rwanda more than a year ago. It is an impressive ‘success story.’ But a bizarre juxtaposition of events that took place this week illustrates, for some anyway, the dilemma that Rwanda poses for the humanitarian community.
Dr. Jim Kim When President Barack Obama last week announced that he was nominating Dr. Jim Kim, an outspoken poverty…
It seems pretty obvious to most of us regular folks that being poor also increases your risk of being in…