Global Health NOW

What does it mean to be “labeled” with a disability in India, and how does that shape your lived experienced, as well as your individuality?

Little known in the West, the paralytic disease konzo has inflicted polio-life symptoms on thousands of the most impoverished people in Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries.

As the world sprints to end AIDS, young people born with HIV but never told of their condition by their guardians are coming to terms with their disease—and living fulfilling lives.

When the International AIDS Conference is held in Africa, not only do you get Elton John and Queen Latifah in attendance, but African royalty with real sway over their people come as well.

The majority of people living with HIV/AIDS will experience at least one ocular complication—the most dreaded being potentially blinding CMV retinitis.

Thanks to one innovation, women can now be screened for cervical cancer using just a smartphone.

The Zika virus is expected to spread in Europe by summer, according to a new WHO risk assessment.

Brian W. Simpson interviews grantee Carl Gierstorfer about his experience filming "In Ebola's Wake" and the hopes he has for the documentary.

Open defecation has huge public health and economic consequences in India. How can toilets in schools help solve this problem?

Drowning causes 372,000 deaths annually, but no global prevention effort exists as of yet. One NGO, with help from a UK charity, is tackling the issue on the small island of Zanzibar.

An Ebola plenary at this week’s World Health Summit in Berlin emphasized the call to better understand the biological mechanisms of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.

What happens without accountability and supplies in Uganda's remote health centers?