Nearly 30% of child deaths around the world could be prevented using tools we already have. That we fail to prevent these deaths is one of the single largest failures of humanity.

By committing to the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Zimbabwe has ensured that its children will not only survive, but have the opportunity to thrive.

Each year, 358,000 women worldwide die from complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth, there are four million neonatal deaths and three million stillbirths.

Given that Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world with the highest burden of maternal mortality rates, the latest news of significant improvement on that front gives me great hope.

Helen Gray remembers a field of 30,000 mines that ran straight through a village in Mozambique in south east Africa. Some of the homes were on one sid...

Rather than question the value of civic engagement, we should instead focus on how to strengthen and encourage more of it. A new British report perhaps could serve as a model.

When it rains, it pours... DfID announced in June that it is going to make its aid fully transparent to citizens in the UK and recipient countries. ...

This guest post is by Felipe Cabezas, who recently joined GlobalGiving. DFID, the UK's aid agency, recently committed itself to an Aid Transparency G...