Tagged: healthcare
World leaders have an historic opportunity to reform the global economy to ensure that the one in six people who live in extreme poverty benefit from economic recovery, international agency Oxfam said today ahead of the G20 summit in Seoul.
Local organizations help people with HIV and AIDS learn to live positively.
Outbreaks of cholera are just one of the consequences of Congo's underinvestment in everything from roads to health clinics to clean water.
In South Africa, the government offers a disability grant which HIV-positive patients can apply for. However, reliance on the grants means recipients have sometimes been willing to take risks with their health to ensure continued eligibility.
Fatouma Sadou is an obstetrician nurse at the district hospital in Angsongo, Mali. She is determined to succeed against the odds.
