Health

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34212375@N04/3185110824/">Common Threadz (flickr)</a>

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A "New Jerusalem"

An estimated 12 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa are homeless. If we're going to make a dent in this problem, we need more people like Anna and Phina Mojapelo.

Village women in parts of Andhra Pardesh, India are using a local radio station to educate their communities of best practices in health and farming. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/krisvdv/336523702/">Kris Van de Vijver (flickr)</a>

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India's Rural Women Tuning In and Finding Their Voice

One of the most basic forms of technology — the radio — is helping women in rural parts of India's Andhra Pradesh educate other women in their communities.

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Taking Corporations to Court: Why Ivoirians are Suing a British Multinational

What happens when tens of thousands of impoverished Africans sue one of Britain's biggest oil companies for sickening them with toxic waste?

Men smoking from a water pipe at an Instanbul cafe. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/picken/2451770506/">John Picken (flickr)</a>

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A Turkish Tradition Up in Smoke?

Turkey is about to put the kibosh on smoking, joining the ranks of Ireland, Belgium and Spain with a countrywide ban on lighting up in enclosed public spaces.

FC Barcelona is one of the largest soccer clubs in the world. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foraggio/302640508/">Foraggio Fotographic (flickr)</a>

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Soccer Kicks More than Just a Ball

Soccer club FC Barcelona and Fox Soccer Channel — America's leading broadcaster of worldwide soccer — are teaming up with the non profit Malaria No More

A new mobile technology is helping battle HIV in Biwindi, Uganda where most people walked days through the tough terrain to get medical care. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/youngrobv/2282046318/">youngrobv (Rob & Ale)</a>

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Uganda's New Mobile Technology

Could you imagine having to walk a full day to get medical care, and then wait weeks to learn your test results?

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Black Carbon Second-Leading Cause of Climate Change

Wood-burning cook stoves, diesel engines and coal plants are the primary emitters of black carbon — and the second-leading contributor to warming temperatures. It's estimated that black carbon is responsible for 18 percent of the atmosphere's warming.

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Comment of the Week: Slumdog Millionaire Ignites Conversation

Cynthia Changyit Levin's comment about how the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire has sparked conversation and shined a light on poverty in India caught our eye.

The U.S. Navy comes to the assistance of a Taiwanese-flagged fishing trawler been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/opendemocracy/3055910885/">Open Democracy (flickr)</a>

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Good News (By Somalia's Standards)

After 18 years of civil war, some good news is finally coming from Somalia. The recent election of Sharif Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, as Somalia’s new president brings the country a chance for peace and stability.

This pharmacy at the Evangel Hospital in Jos, Nigeria could be one of the beneficiaries of cheaper drugs and better facilities from GSK. Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blyth/1439256349/"> MikeBlyth (flickr)</a>

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Changing the Way They Do Business

Pharmaceutical companies are often seen as villains for making life-saving drugs so expensive the poor can't afford them. But what if a new CEO was making drugs more affordable and sharing secrets that would lower profits but result in more cures?

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/attila/112812695/">Atti-la (flickr)</a>

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With Strings Attached

Traditionally, government-sponsored social assistance programs usually follow a straightforward model of giving money to qualified citizens. But what if the programs asked for something in return?

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