HIV/AIDS

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?

Global Citizen Corps leaders host a fundraiser for World AIDS Day. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21825274@N08/2104226078/">jessicaphansen (flickr)</a>

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Join the Fight Against Global Poverty

On last year's World AIDS Day, Sam held an afterschool open-mic event to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. Rachel got 200 people to sign a letter asking for more government attention on AIDS — and sent it to Barack Obama.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2384680412/">woodleywonderworks (flickr)</a>

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A Medical Lab in the Palm of Your Hand

Sure, your cell phone can take pictures and send text messages, but can it detect malaria?

A Congolese woman recovers at a hospital in Goma, DRC. Photo: <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/endrevestvik/2373350227/">Endre Vestvik (flickr)</a>

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Addressing Rape in the Congo

Congo has the world's biggest deposits of gold, copper, diamonds, and tin. Its dramatic mountain landscapes once inspired Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn’s romantic saga in The African Queen.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2735720397/in/set-72157606559671618/">whiteafrican (flickr)</a>

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South Africa's New Weapon against HIV

Each day, one million South Africans get a text message that reads something like this:

Frequently sick, tired, losing weight and scared that you might be HIV positive? Please call AIDS Helpline 0800012322.

Condoms prevent transmissions of disease, and could be key to population control. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gchicco/2604456566/">Rampant Gian (flickr)</a>

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Condoms and Climate Change

CIA director Michael Hayden recently identified one of the biggest threats facing the U.S., something that occurs over 215 million times a day — sex.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/youngrobv/2184730351/">youngrobv (flickr)</a>

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Pedaling Forward

A bike can change a life.

The benefits of a bike can range from awakening your inner child to being an eco-friendly commuter. In a developing country, however, the simple bike becomes a locally sustainable method of alleviating poverty and building healthy communities.

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Drugs for Sale

We buy cheap bootleg DVDs and fake Coach purses from random street vendors with little hesitation. But what about buying your daily medication from them, too?

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World Bank Supports 'Reverse Prostitution'

The World Bank is investing 1.8 million dollars in an experimental public health program in Tanzania to see whether paying individuals to abstain from unsafe sex will decrease the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission.

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Haiti's Hope - Response to the AIDS Epidemic

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Business is Key to Solving Africa's Public Health Problems

Want to know the hot gossip in a small Rwandan village? It's not the latest developments in AIDS treatments. Instead, it's the recent $2000 foreign order for coasters and place mats.