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2.2 million kids under the age of 5 die every year from diarrheal diseases. The vast majority of these deaths could be prevented with basic hygiene, water quality improvements and sanitation.
Karl Hofmann | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
Did you know there was a "World Pneumonia Day"? It may not sound very exciting, but the toll this treatable disease takes on children around the world should make you sit up and take note.
Kari Stoever | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
How many times have you said, or heard someone else say, "I can't afford to be sick right now?" It's an overused cliche that deserves a little attention especially with the outbreak of H1N1 in most people's mind and backyards.
Lisa Conte | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
One of the collateral benefits of working in the global health arena is being reminded that disease doesn't exist in isolation.
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact
The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.
Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact
From Melinda Gates on ONE: This week, I'm in Washington with Bill to do something that might seem unusual: say 'thank you.' We're saying thanks to th...
Kari Stoever | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
Thanks to a partnership between the Miss Universe Organization and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Miss Universe will frequently be sharing headlines with worms.
Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact
The University and Texas and Dell are looking for groundbreaking ideas from college students around the globe in the annual Dell Social Innovation Com...
Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
Pneumonia is so poorly recognized that New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof called it "The killer no one suspects" and UNICEF dubbed it "the forgotten killer of children."
Michelle Kraus | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics
The Clinton Global Initiative is a magnificent prelude to the meetings to be held later in the week with the Chinese government and other world leaders at the United Nations. This is a true gesture of unity.
Katherine Gustafson | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
As good as his movies are and as dazzling as his hundred-watt smile is, the best thing about Matt Damon is that he just announced that his non-profit, Water.org, will provide clean water to 50,000 people in Haiti.
Liya Kebede | Posted 08.21.2009 | World
Each mother who dies leaves behind a devastated family and weakened community that will eventually, somehow, affect each of us.
Richard Chin | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
At OneWorld Health, we are working to discover and develop novel treatments for diarrheal disease that are safe, effective and affordable to even the poorest of the poor
Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green
One of the smartest foreign assistance initiatives the United States could undertake is to jump-start promising solar-powered efforts around the world.
John Sauer | Posted 08.08.2009 | World
Perhaps most troubling is that failing to tackle the water and sanitation crisis is undermining progress on all development, including, food, health and education.
Elizabeth H. Bradley | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
It is precisely because simple answers are ineffective in global health that the Global Health Leadership Institute holds such promise.
John Sauer | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
Universal access to water and sanitation is still a pipe dream for many poorer countries, especially nations in Africa.
Karl Hofmann | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
I was privileged to participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town this month. More than 800 leaders of business, government, civil society and the NGO world were in attendance.
Elizabeth H. Bradley | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
The new generation of healthcare leaders need not only know how to lead, but also how and when to follow.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
It is critical during the global recession that we not only reaffirm but accelerate our commitment extreme poverty around the world. The crisis threatens poorer countries more than it does the developed world.
Karl Hofmann | Posted 06.01.2009 | World
Under the Rwandan government's leadership, we threw every possible malaria intervention at the disease -- nets, drugs, household spraying and local capacity-building -- and we did it faster than ever.
Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
Countries that have a strategy and an implementation plan for improving health are the ones best equipped to use funding assistance.
Carol Peasley | Posted 05.22.2009 | World
Calling aid "dead" may sell books, but it does little to further the real debate. Too much is at stake for oversimplification. It's really her premise that should be dead on arrival.
McClatchy | Tim Johnson | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
The world is on the cusp of an explosion of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases that could deluge hospitals and leave physicians fighting a nearly untre...
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Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.13.2009 | World