Map of the Day: Where Tuberculosis KillsThe World Health Organization today released new global data on Tuberculosis. The biggest takeaway: TB has now ranks along side...
Ethiopia Experiencing “Worst Drought in 30 Years”The latest bulletin released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, contains this very alarming sentence:...
Getting Cancer on the Global Health AgendaEd note. This is a guest post from Dr. Dr. Anees B. Chagpar, Associate Professor of Surgery at Yale University, the...
“I was never prouder to be a young African.” The South African Student Protests Were a Lesson of a LifetimeIt all started at the University of Witswatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg. By the end of the week, protests had spread...
Happy 70th, UN!October 24, 1945 is the day that the United Nations officially came to being. On that day the UN charter...
Poll: UN Support at All Time High Among US VotersFor the past six years, a bi-partisan polling team has regularly surveyed American voters about their impressions of the United...
Why is Egypt Shutting Down VOIP Services Like Skype and WhatsApp?Egypt is making it harder for its citizens to communicate with each other, and the outside world. While the world...
Diplomatic Intrigue as Committee Approves Kosovo’s Bid to Join UNESCOUPDATE: Kosovo’s bid failed on November 9, with 92 votes in favor, 50 votes against and 29 abstentions. They needed...
The Global Implications of Canada’s Big ElectionsThe Liberal party in Canada, lead by Justin Trudeau, shocked the world with a big, big win in hotly contested...