A demostration of a Sure Start Project initiative to promote maternal and newborn health in Kathghara Village, Fatehpur District, U.P., India.
May 18, 2012 by Sita Shankar Wunnava
The woman in the green sari leans over the game of Snakes and Ladders and throws the dice. The women around her groan as she reads the words on the square where she lands.
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Members of a farmers cooperative gather together outside the organization's headquarters in Musaza Village, Rwanda.
May 18, 2012 by Sam Dryden
The challenges smallholder farmers in the developing world face are considerable yet not insurmountable.
Math teacher Doris Zuniz
May 11, 2012 by Chelsea Clinton
I hope someday to have students feel about me the way I feel about Mrs. Mitchell!
April 26, 2012 / Dagfinn Høybråten
I know that it was through a mother’s act of love that my path crossed that of Madeleine. GAVI’s mission is to multiple that act of love millions of times over.
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April 26, 2012 / Christine McNab
The Measles & Rubella Initiative provides indispensable funding for Nepal and Myanmar’s vaccination campaigns. But the success of these campaigns depends on the dedication of people on the front line - like Dr Ram and Khin Hnin Yi – just two of my vaccinator heroes.
April 24, 2012 / Amie Newman
The 2012 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award recognized the work of Dr. Asm Amjad Hossain, a former district immunization and surveillance medical officer in Bangladesh.
March 18, 2012 / Jemima Khan
Today mothers throughout the United Kingdom are celebrating Mother's Day. But in too many countries around the world, giving birth is still one of the most dangerous things a woman can do.
March 01, 2012 / Dr. Devendra Khandait
Until very recently, India had more polio cases than any country in the world. This past Saturday the World Health Organization officially removed India from the polio endemic country list. India had successfully reached one year without a reported case of wild poliovirus.