by Cathy Huang: Salud Alarcon, 15 years old with brunette ringlets framing her grinning face, has written her favorite saying onto the first page of every fresh notebook she purchased for school: “No hay mal que dure cien años.” There is no evil that lasts 100 years. There is nothing one can’t endure. For Salud,...
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Feb 19, 2012 • Comments Closed One community preserves traditional holistic healing.
New generations of AIDS activists are taking the fight for global health equity to new heights.
by Ashley Wu: A chest X-ray hangs in Mr. Mkoko’s door. The cavity in the upper left corner confirms what his constantcoughing already indicated: He has contracted tuberculosis. Mineworkers in South Africa, used to frequent terminations due to occupational lung disease, colloquially say that their coworkers have been “sent home to die.” Though Mkoko was...
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Feb 19, 2012 • Comments Closed A strange parasite and its insect host have drawn research attention to a neglected disease, but some say victims might never benefit.
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Feb 19, 2012 • What is the worth of international volunteers?
Twenty-five years after leprosy was officially eliminated in China, there have been few attempts to address poverty in former leprosy colonies.
by Angelica Calabrese: In a bright, whitewashed nurse’s office overlooking Port-au-Prince, a cell phone trills loudly, and a nurse promptly answers. Marie-Claire, a young HIV-positive mother with an HIV-positive child, is calling with a question about her child’s medication. Her voice crackles over the phone. The nurse responds to her questions. As the conversation ends,...
The grassroots struggle for sex ed in Nicaragua.
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