Nurith Aizenman
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Dr. Marie-Roseline Bélizaire says the United Nations is failing to keep its medical workers safe. -
Every time we divvy up our money among good causes, we're making a moral judgment about who is most deserving. -
Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit. -
Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same. -
In lower-income countries, snakes, cow carcasses and collapsing walls are among the hazards faced by this critical but long-ignored group of workers. -
A sweeping study in The Lancet finds that longstanding progress in treating diseases and reducing childhood deaths is in jeopardy. -
The first-ever Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index points to the creative rules that some nations use — and what happens when contact isn't policed. -
How does their approach work in practice? And why is it considered so ground-breaking? -
Even as U.S. authorities investigate Juul for marketing to minors and making unproven safety claims, the company is using those tactics to expand to poorer countries. Case in point: the Philippines.
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The foundation has just released its annual report on progress toward Sustainable Development Goals. The conclusion: Inequality is rampant, and it's time for some hard choices.
