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Children walk near a general store.

How Pediatric Surgery Could Help India Reach Its Development Goals

by Vidhi Wadhwani, Siddhesh Zadey

Confronting barriers to pediatric surgical care access should be a major priority

Gender
Ruqqayah Abubakar lies on a bed after being treated at an obstetric fistula repair centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria August 1, 2018.

Preventable but Prevalent: An Injury Affecting Millions of Mothers

by Susan K. Barnett

Two solutions that could help women in low-and middle-income countries

A demonstrator takes part in a march to mark International Women's Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 8, 2021.
Gender

Violence Against Women

by Cory Spencer, Jack Cagney, Emmanuela Gakidou

Addressing the most shameful human rights violation

People stand in line to receive vouchers at a food distribution center supported by the World Food Program in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 3, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The photo shows several men lined up in a queue. They are all wearing facemasks. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Food

Why Private Sector Engagement Should Be Part of the Solution in the Developing World

by Martin Short

It’s time we push for a broader COVID-19 response that recognizes the role of business in systemic and behavior change

Opposition supporters celebrate in Lilongwe, Malawi, on February 4, 2020 after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika the winner—ordering a new vote June 23. The photo shows a man in a stilt costume dancing. This is a striking photo. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
Poverty

Coronavirus in Malawi

by Allison Daniel, Fanuel Meckson Bickton

Shutdowns reversed amid an upcoming election, other disease threats, and more than half the population living in poverty

Children play in water pipes at a construction site on the banks of the Yamuna River on July 26, 2010in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. Picture shows several rows of large, concrete sewer pipes stacked on top of each other with their fat openings facing the camera. Each is large enough to fit one child huddled at the opening. About ten children can be seen climbing about on the feature. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
Poverty

How to Prevent a Million Children’s Deaths

by Abraham D. Flaxman, Rohina Joshi

Closing gap on child mortality for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 in ten years may take baby steps, not giant leaps

A mother plays with her thirteen-month old child Neerob, who is suffering from diarrhoea, at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease & Research (ICDDRB), in Dhaka April 6, 2012.
Urbanization

The Attainable Promise of Oral Rehydration Solution

by Christopher Troeger

If every kid in the world with diarrhea had access to this simple blend, 300,000 children’s lives a year could be saved

Technician doing eye exam during azithromycin mass drug administration training exercise near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Aging

Mass Drug Administration of Azithromycin: Promise or Peril?

by Sandra B. Munro

Mass drug administration of azithromycin saves children’s lives—is that enough to justify risk of antibiotic resistance?