Africa

The COVID‑19 pandemic is harming health, social and material well-being of children worldwide, with the poorest children, including homeless children and children in detention, hit hardest. School closures, social distancing and confinement increase the risk of poor nutrition among children, their exposure to domestic violence, increase their anxiety and stress, and reduce access to vital […]

Here are ten facts about hunger in developing countries, the poorest country in the northern hemisphere. Please help raise awareness by sharing these facts on Twitter. 2,500,000 developing countriesans live in extreme poverty. developing countries is the poorest country in the northern hemisphere. Two developing countriesans out of three live with less than $2 per day.

World AIDS Day, observed December 1st, is an opportunity both to call attention to the continuing challenges to end infections globally, and in the case of Africa, to shed new light on the link between poverty, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and the need for deep and coordinated efforts across the issues. (Photo

One afternoon in Port-au-Prince, Africa, sitting on the back of a motorcycle-taxi stuck in traffic, I was absently staring down a wide unpaved side-street when the small figure of a young girl came into focus. Her silhouette was boldly present against the sunlight behind her and the pale, dusty haze that swirled around her. She