There could not be a worse time to pull back from long-standing American commitments to the health of people around the world, which is exactly what t...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Suspected Somali militants entered the world's largest refugee camp Thursday and abducted two Spanish women working with an aid...
By TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreig...
Learning of the famine in Somalia left me searching for a better understanding as to how the famine developed and how mass starvation could still exist in modern society.
In the Chicago trade talks, the U.S. is trying to club up with countries in a deal that keeps the cost of medicines high.
The head of an international medical charity has called on aid agencies to stop presenting a misleading picture of the famine in Somalia and admit tha...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Responding to criticism from Medecins Sans Frontieres, Bahrain said Thursday that police last week raided a medical cen...
MISSOULA, MONTANA - There is a hidden America. In this nation of plenty in which fly the banners of so many a proud heritage, a country rich in variet...
The famine in Somalia has only gotten worse with each passing day. The United Nations is calling it the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world...
It's not too late to give to charities serving the victims in Japan - Just give C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y, please. Another tragedy born of Mot...
It seems like the perfect time to publish this interview with a doctor/writer/activist who spent six months in Abyei with Doctors Without Borders.
The EU is forcing India to act against the health of poor people in developing countries by pushing through a trade deal next week that contains tou...
By Piet Levy Religion News Service Christians and atheists are fighting again -- this time over who can raise more money for charity. The Christian...
The last figures on the cholera epidemic indicate over 11,000 cases and 724 deaths. The mortality rate is approaching 7 percent, up from 6 percent a f...
In Haiti, a country still reeling from January's devastating earthquake, the combination of a lack of infrastructure and overwhelming poverty have lef...
It's quite ironic that on one hand there has never been such strong mobilization and acknowledgement of global health needs, and still, the funding and policies do not proportionately match the momentum or awareness.
A 0.005% financial speculation tax -- a "pinprick" for international banks -- would be an important stream of revenue for domestic and global development initiatives.
Alex Darrow, 16, had an idea: to somehow integrate every person on earth part of one large community. So he launched a website, PictureTheWorld. Dar...
Fundamental to our work are the principles of neutrality and impartiality. Suggestions that we would put the welfare of patients at risk due to political or other biases are simply unfounded.
The chaos of a war zone combined with the financial attraction of an invasion led by the world's remaining superpower has proved a potent mix for a multitude of NGOs to flock to Afghanistan.
Peter and Andrea Geyer, from Spokane, Wash., collected over 400,000 cans over the last year, and turned in those cans to earn $3,800. That money paid ...
CAIRO — Aid group Doctors Without Borders said it has been forced to suspend work in a volatile part of South Sudan because of attacks against h...
Eradication of HIV is possible if the world community remains fully committed to funding cost-effective antiretroviral treatment initiatives. Treating our way out is indeed possible.
The diminishing commitment by the G8 towards HIV/AIDS treatment funding is a major topic at the Vienna AIDS conference. Sadly, the perception that HIV/AIDS is no longer an emergency is misinformed.
