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Eating well isn't only good for you, it's good for the economy, too. Photo: Edgar Putul/Mercy Corps Guatemala

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The world's cheapest path to wealth: Well-fed kids

In a time of global economic crisis, the world is exploring every possible hindrance to economic growth: debt, unemployment, inflation... malnutrition?

Peanuts like these go into a nutritional peanut paste that is helping to save kids in Haiti. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nojhan/2919522850/">nojhan</a>

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Big Pharma helps export Haiti's hunger-busting peanut butter

This story was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

Lionel Messi, considered the world's top football player at the moment, takes aim at more than just the back of the net. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34103436@N06/3176052482/">prettyfriendship (flickr)</a>

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FC Barcelona Takes a Shot at Polio Eradication

Many of us dream of bending it like Beckham. But star-quality soccer — football, to most of its 250 million players worldwide — is almost impossible without a healthy childhood.

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Health as a Human Right

Paul Farmer is a tireless campaigner against the world's "stupid deaths." His hands-in-the-dirt work on behalf of diseases that afflict the poorest of the poor in places like Haiti and Rwanda was chronicled in the 2003 NYT bestseller, Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenhem/2234201934/"> greenhem (flickr)</a>

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Growing Trend: Bans on Bad Bags

Plastic bags have long been associated with litter and waste. The world uses tens of billions of plastic bags every year – bags that end up hanging from trees, traveling along freeways, escaping garbage cans and waste dumps.

Photo Credit: David Pollendine/Flickr

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Feeding School Children in the Land of Plenty

In Guinea Bissau, West Africa food aid provided by the World Food Program adds an extra incentive for students to attend school and parents to send them there.

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Medical Migration

The how and why of healthworker's migration, and the benefits it may have for their country of origin.

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Globalizing Ideas to Help the Poor

A Brazilian anti-poverty program known as Bolsa Familia ("Family Fund") is getting attention from governments around the world, writes the Economist.

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Globalization Resources

Expand your understanding of the issues surrounding globalization through this resource page.

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Plumpynut - A Tool for Malnutrition

A recent innovation called Plumpynut has achieved significant success in combating malnutrition in rural Sub-saharan Africa, where many conventional supplements fall short.

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Looking to Communities to Lead Malaria Fight

A recent pilot project in Mali has achieved considerable success in treating malaria.

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HIV/AIDS Resources

The Future of the HIV/AIDS Fight - The last 25 years of the AIDS battle have proven that the future requires a dedicated global community devoted to delivering change.

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Water Borne Poverty - A Story in Photos

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ARTICLE IS FROM 2007. VISIT OUR HOMEPAGE FOR NEW CONTENT.

Jake Lyell, a photographer from Virginia, documents dire living conditions in Iquitos, Peru, the largest city in the world unreachable by road.

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Q & A - Food Crisis in Niger

Mercy Corps Niger's country director weighs in on progress and setbacks in improving health and food security for Nigeriens.

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Responding to Floods in Upper Nile, Sudan

Mercy Corps is helping those affected by the flooding in Sudan by digging drainage trenches, providing survival kits, and focusing on disease prevention.

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