Respiratory Illness

Health Centers: One of the Keys to Eradicating Poverty

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.08.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

Located at the epicenter of Rwanda's genocide, Ngeruka is a rural community that faces an array of health problems compounded by the fact that there is merely one small four-room health post servicing the entire community.

Madonna, Africa and Child Mortality

Jim Luce | Posted 06.15.2009 | World


Jim Luce

The deaths of African children are all about food, water and cooking stoves. There is usually no public health system in place to address this tragic litany of otherwise very approachable issues.