Former President Jimmy Carter highlights Helen Branswell's Polio reporting when speaking to a group of health journalists in Atlanta.
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 Ameto Akpe's presentation on water management in Nigeria is highlighted on the New Security Beat, a blog hosted by the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program. |
 Mongolia has warmed roughly four degrees Fahrenheit—more than almost anywhere else on Earth. The resulting erratic weather threatens the nomadic, pastoral lifestyle of half of Mongolia's population. |
 The Incas believed that the god Viracocha rose from the waters of Lake Titicaca and created mankind. Now, mankind's trash is endangering the waters of the sacred lake. |
 Water and sanitation are at the center of a heated political debate in Liberia. Why are so many still going without? |
 Liberian journalist Tecee Boley and NewsHour special correspondent Steve Sapienza on why the after-effects of war and a lack of accountability mean poor access to clean water and sanitation. |
 Pulitzer Center grantee Ameto Akpe will discuss the causes of Nigeria's water and sanitation issues at a day-long conference held by the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. |
 A vexing problem for Indian health authorities: the most widely used polio vaccine now causes more disease than the virus it is supposed to fight. |
 Pulitzer Center grantee Helen Branswell reports on the tricky transition to a safer polio vaccine in the final stages of eradicating the disease. |
 Stephen Sapienza, Ameto Akpe, and Peter Sawyer present reporting on water access in West Africa and gold mining in Peru at Nerinx Hall High School in Webster Groves, MO. |
 Campus Consortium Partner George Washington University convenes symposium on "Moving the Planet Forward." |
 Access to water for the Ivory Coast's rural areas could be an important factor in bringing together a country in conflict. |