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Has Chinese investment helped or hurt Zambians? Or has it done both?
Can you tell if that pill in your hand is real or merely a copy? Probably not. But your cell phone can.
In ending hunger, markets matter. Ethiopia is implementing lessons learned after the 2003 famine.
Photojournalist Mary Chind recalls the memorable beginning of a trip for American volunteers who traveled to rural Haiti with Community Health Initiative.
Volunteers from the Community Health Initiative are seen here in action during their week-long clinics in rural Haiti, where they meet with hundreds of villagers.
In Islamabad, a self-sustaining organization called Lettucebee Kids is working to help children who have very adult responsibilities.
Take a look at Des Moines Register photojournalist Mary Chind's images for a glimpse of life in rural Haiti.
Young Haitian community health workers, hired by the Iowa group, monitor public health in villages year round.
Most Americans are unaware of Haiti's story, which began with a slave revolt and has included up-and-down relations with its giant neighbor, the United States.
Iowa doctors sense that Haitian women are willing to talk about birth control, even if many hesitate to use specific forms of it. The doctors offer it while being careful not to push too hard.
Even if you've read about Haiti, it's startling to see the stark poverty that exists just 90 minutes away from Miami.
Senior Editor Tom Hundley shares this weeks reporting on the Ethiopian and American parents misled by adoption agencies and the Iowa medics providing healthcare in rural Haiti.
A reporter is struck by the openness and graciousness shown by people living in some of the world's toughest situations.