WATER: We drink it. We bathe in it. We are comprised of it. Water remains one of the most important resources for our health. When communities are constantly faced with a lack of access to clean and safe water supplies they suffer from disease, and infants within these communities are especially susceptible to diarrheal diseases.…
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Serve Pakistan. Who would have thought that such a simplistic statement, said during a medical school graduation, would leave such a tremendous impact? With these words, His Highness the Aga Khan founder and Chancellor of Aga Khan University (AKU), was able to inspire the future work of the Dr. Anita Zaidi. After graduating from medical…
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“Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives.”- Kofi Annan Social welfare refers to the well-being of society as a whole. As such, social welfare is concerned with quality of life; it looks at the conditions in the surrounding environment and the…
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As the Millennium Development Goal 2015 deadline approaches we are constantly faced with the question of “what’s next?” Countless countries will not meet the eight goals set forth by the United Nations to increase equality, health services, and education among other social problems. When the MDG’s were first proposed both government and NGO’s implemented programs…
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“It’s only right that, on just one of those days, the world should celebrate NGOs and thank them for the tremendous work that they do.”- Mr. Andris Piebalgs @APiebalgsEU, European Commissioner for Development,
the European Commission. On February 27th, 2014, nearly sixty-three years after the definition of “International NGOs” (Non Governmental Organizations)…
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Unlike Shakespeare perhaps you may ask, What’s in a language? Perhaps similar to Shakespeare you might say, that which we call a [language] by any other name would [still sound] as sweet. On International Mother Language Day, we honor mother tongues around the world. When interacting with children and adults in our surroundings language becomes…
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http://youtu.be/XDp8lTCz3Nw If someone were to ask you what the most important contribution to international health has been EVER, what would you say? Vaccines? Penicillin? Most people are surprised to learn that the invention that has saved the most lives since it’s inception is actually the toilet. Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in…
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Did you know that… Pneumonia kills more children under five worldwide than AIDS, malaria and measles combined? Pneumonia is an acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It can be caused by a virus, bacteria or fungi. The greatest concentration of children affected live in poverty-stricken, developing regions where access to interventions is a major barrier. Pneumonia is considered…
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