Jordan, while small in size, is often seen as a focal point in many Middle Eastern conflicts. This, among other points of stress, has been a major contributor to the country’s economic struggles. The Jordan poverty rate has taken some hits in recent years, with high unemployment and weak economic growth. Job growth is a […]
Project CASITA, created by Partners in Health in Peru, identifies infants and toddlers with developmental delays and trains parents and caregivers to stimulate children and encourage age-appropriate behavior. The program is designed to help children aged six to 24 months who exhibit signs of potential developmental delay, such as lack of communication and mobility. The […]
Latvia – a former member of the USSR – is nestled in northeast Europe. It boasts a free market economy and has joined both the EU and NATO. However, with a long history of oppression of human rights, Latvia has struggled to acknowledge and enforce equal rights for all people. Stemming from violence suffered while […]
In 2017, five female Kenyan students created i-Cut, a female genital mutilation protection app that provides medical and legal assistance for girls who will or have gone through genital mutilation (FGM), a process where the outer part of the genitals are either partially or completely cut off. The creators of the female genital mutilation app […]
We’ve all heard the old adage that children are the future. While it may sound cliché, this idea is what led the United Nations General Assembly to establish International Youth Day on December 17, 1999. Each year, the day of August 12 is used to spread awareness of the World Program of Action for Youth, […]
Bhutan is a small landlocked country in the Himalaya region of Asia. The country’s remoteness has largely affected its people by preventing economic progress until the 1960s. Until then, the country did not have a currency of its own, telephones, schools, hospitals or postal services, keeping the country completely secluded from the world around them. […]
In 2013, Gabon’s government began building new medical facilities to ensure that all citizens can access quality healthcare. This was an important step toward combating HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other common diseases in Gabon. However, further work is needed to continue protecting Gabon’s people from illnesses. UNAIDS reports that 44,000 Gabonese adults (ages 15 and […]
Uruguay is an upper-middle income country with a population of 3.444 million people. The country is located on the coast of South America between Brazil and Argentina. Like in many other countries, noncommunicable diseases have topped the list of common diseases in Uruguay. 1. Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular diseases constitute 30.6 percent of deaths in the […]
With a long history of providing insufficient schooling for children, the Caribbean education system is making progress in improving its conditions. According to former Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites, Caribbean countries are in need of “a new kind of school.” The 13th biennial conference of the Schools of Education of the University of the West […]
According to the World Bank, around 13 percent of the population in Jordan live in poverty. This means 13 percent of the population spend less than $2.60 U.S. a day. However, nearly a third of the population in Jordan live in what is known as transient poverty, which means that they live in poverty for a […]
