Child Health Archives

Podcast: Mark Kennedy Shriver is a Global Humanitarian Advocate On a Mission

Mark Shriver is president of Save the Children Action Network, which is the advocacy arm of the global humanitarian organization. We kick off with a discussion of what advocacy for global development and humanitarian issues looks like in the...

Every day 41,000 girls are married under the age of 18. A new World Bank report shows the economic impact of this problem

Can you imagine what it would be like to be married at the age of 15? Married before you have finished high school, before you’re allowed to drive a car, drink, or vote? Every day, for 41,000 girls around the world, this...

This is the Most Important News in the World Today

The Every Newborn Action Plan could save millions of babies.

A Global Imperative: Ending Child Malnutrition

It's time to take on 'stunting.'

Child Survival: A Call to Action

Government representatives, private sector professionals, and NGOs are meeting in Washington, DC for the Child Survival Call to Action conference where they are discussing practical strategies for combatting global child mortality.

What’s Fertility Got to Do With It? (Got to Do With It)

You gotta love Hans Rosling. In this video, the excitable academic breaks down the data on the relationship between child mortality and fertility rates to construct an argument for smart, targeted foreign aid.

Happy World Statistics Day

In honor of World Statistics Day, here is master story-teller Hans Rosling showing how the world is becoming a safer place for newborns. From TedxChange.

Podcast: Mark Kennedy Shriver is a Global Humanitarian Advocate On a Mission

Every day 41,000 girls are married under the age of 18. A new World Bank report shows the economic impact of this problem

This is the Most Important News in the World Today

A Global Imperative: Ending Child Malnutrition

Child Survival: A Call to Action

What’s Fertility Got to Do With It? (Got to Do With It)

Happy World Statistics Day

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations