In rural Rajasthan, North India, an innovative necklace has been introduced into the health system to track a child’s vaccination history. It is helping to increase the number of children protected against diseases that can kill them in the first few years of their lives. Approximately 1.5 million children die every year from diseases that […]
In many ways, poverty in Sri Lanka reflects its tumultuous history. From 1983 to 2009, this South Asian country of 20 million was embroiled in a civil war pitting the rebellious Tamil Tigers against the state government. Rebel forces controlled the north and east of the island nation while the army held the center and […]
In spite of modern digital services like Google Street View, many locations in developing countries, such as Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, remain inaccessible to much of the world. Swedish startup Mapillary and the World Bank have teamed up to solve this problem. Mapillary enables individuals to map their own streets by collecting street level […]
Ending extreme poverty within one’s borders takes time, hard work and commitment. One South American country that has shown such commitment is Ecuador. Thanks to the work of its leaders in making poverty reduction their top priority, 1.9 million Ecuadoreans, about 16.5 percent of the population, were lifted out of poverty from 2009 to 2015. […]
Nowadays, it seems everything can go viral on the Internet in seconds, from a social justice movement to a funny cat video. But what do people in developing countries do to share ideas, ask questions and communicate with their peers who live in remote areas without the Internet as a permanent fixture in their lives? […]
The Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) is comprised of more than 500 partners, including malaria endemic countries, bilateral and multilateral development partners, the private sector, nongovernmental community-based organizations and research and academic institutions. Arguably, the most admirable feature of RBM is its ability to form effective partnerships both globally and nationally. Partners work together to […]
Gender parity in education around the globe has not yet been achieved but great strides are being made toward that goal. Regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia remain challenges, as boys in these regions are still more than one-and-a-half times more likely to complete their secondary education than girls. Organizations such as UNESCO, […]
According to the Economist, only three out of 53 African countries had democracies by the end of the Cold War. Now countries like the one-party presidential republic Eritrea and the absolute monarchy Swaziland are becoming irregularities on the continent. Indeed, this is because Africa has experienced increasing engagement in the democratic process. While African countries […]
Just after the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Stephen O’Brien, told the U.N. Security Council that an airdrop would be carrying immediate humanitarian aid to the city of Deir Ezzor in Syria, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that the airdrop landed unsuccessfully. The Justice for Life Observatory in Deir Ezzor said […]
As leaders in Africa packed up their bags at the conclusion of the first-ever Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering in Dakar, Senegal, there was new hope for the future of science and technology in the region. The event, which was held from March 8-10, addressed various topics pertinent to the state of African science and […]
