Tag: child health

Tuberculosis: The Not So Ancient Disease

“If the importance of a disease for mankind is measured by the number of fatalities it causes, then tuberculosis must be considered much more important than those most feared infectious diseases, plague, cholera and the like. One in seven of all human beings dies from tuberculosis.” –Robert Koch, 1882   Consumption, the white plague, the…
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Impacting Local Communities through Clean Water

“Basic human rights cannot thrive in places where human beings do not have access to enough food, or clean water, or the medicine they need to survive.” – U.S. National Security Strategy As we make our way well into the second decade of the 21st century, with our booming technology and our incredible knowledge of…
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Empowered Solutions: Mother Mentors

“Mentor Mothers taught me how to keep my baby free of HIV. Things may have turned out so differently if I did not have their help. It is now my privilege to help other mothers have HIV-negative babies.” – Emily, a 24-year-old mother of two in Kenya, living with HIV   A young woman enters a clinic…
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$1 million Children’s Prize around the world! Who’s submitting?

**Please click the right arrow for all the details… With 38 days to go, the Children’s Prize has reached over 150 countries. We’re excited to have hundreds of proposals submitted from 45 countries as of April 24th! The top five countries submitting are: 1. Kenya 2. Uganda 3. India 4. United States 5. Nigeria Of…
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