PBS' 'NewsHour' Examines Efforts To Lower Maternal Mortality In Peru

PBS’ “NewsHour” on Wednesday examined Peru’s efforts to lower maternal mortality in the nation’s most remote regions, where the majority of its maternal deaths occur. According to “NewsHour,” the success of the efforts has made Peru a model for reducing maternal mortality in the developing world and has attracted the attention of U.S…

Also In Global Health News: Parasite, Bacteria Survival Discovery; Polio Vaccine Campaign; Sanitary Kits In Kenya; Sierra Leone Maternal Mortality

Discovery Of Chemical Reaction Process Could Lead To New Malaria, TB Treatments Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign say that a recent finding could help develop new treatments to fight diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, KWMU reports (LaCapra, 2/15)…

Canada To 'Champion' Major G8 Initiative To Tackle Maternal, Child Mortality

As president of the G8 in 2010, “Canada will champion a new G8 identity focused on ending child mortality and other health woes in poorer countries when it hosts the club of industrialized nations in June, the government said Tuesday,” Agence France-Presse reports…

Opinions: Clean Water; Oversight Of U.N. Bookkeeping; Obama's Global Health Goals; Maternal Mortality

Clean Water Needs To Be Priority For Haiti “Long before the earthquake, Haiti was mired in a crisis that only a few experts noticed – a severe lack of clean drinking water,” writes Joseph Treaster, editor of the University of Miami’s Internet magazine on global water issues and the environment, in a Miami Herald opinion piece that examines the interconnectedness…

Washington Post Examines 'Child Brides,' Maternal Mortality In Yemen

The Washington Post on Saturday examined marriage of young girls and maternal mortality in Yemen, a country that represents the “most vivid manifestations of how tribal doctrines prevail over modern attitudes…

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