Mining causes lead poisoning disaster in Nigeria
This story was originally reported by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.While carrying out the country’s annual immunization program, officials realized there were hardly any...
View ArticleExercise for education in France
This article was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.French high school is a stressful place, according to French Principal Bernard Lociciro. When he arrived at...
View ArticleOutsourcing pregnancy to India
This story was originally reported by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Children are priceless. When Doron Mamet, a gay Israeli man, wanted to have a child, however, he ended up...
View ArticleWho benefits from international medical research
This story was originally reported by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Thirty years ago, international medical researchers descended on the shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela to...
View Article5 years to end HIV and AIDS transmission in Africa
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.In the years since AIDS was first identified as a pandemic, epidemiologists have struggled to figure out how to...
View ArticleGlobal asbestos trade: dangerous and growing
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Many rich countries have cracked down on asbestos because it is known to cause cancer. In the United States, it...
View ArticleCharity may harm Haiti's health
This story was originally reported by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.After the earthquake that struck Haiti in January, international doctors, nurses and medical equipment...
View ArticleFaith-based health care in Kenya
This story was originally covered by PRI's America Abroad. For more, listen to the audio above.Story by Jordana Gustafson, "America Abroad"The first step toward getting an eye exam at some clinics in...
View ArticleChina competes in stem cell research
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Scientists were impressed, recently, when researchers in China grew a new mouse from the skin cell of an adult...
View Article100-year-olds go missing in Japan
This story was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Japan holds a legendary status as home to some of the world's oldest people, with an estimated 40,000 citizens...
View ArticleEye exams from iPhones
This story was originally reported by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Eye exams simply aren't available for many people. The technology used to test people's eyes is too expensive...
View ArticleLessons from smallpox eradication
This story was originally reported by PRI's The Takeaway. For more, listen to the audio above.Only one disease has ever been successfully eradicated from the earth: smallpox. In 1967, it was estimated...
View ArticleIn-vitro fertilization (IVF) for the poor
This article was originally covered by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.In-vitro fertilization is a fairly common method of aiding conception. But it's expensive, and only a small...
View ArticleAcai 'super-fruit' not so great
This story was originally reported by PRI's The World. For more, listen to the audio above.Marketers may claim that the acai berry can help you loose weight, look younger, feel healthier, and may even...
View ArticleSustainable, affordable, sanitary pads for the world
This story was originally covered by PRI's Studio 360. For more, listen to the audio above.Traveling through Mozambique in 2005, Elizabeth Scharpf had a realization. She was working with the World...
View ArticleWhat creates an epidemic?
This story was originally covered by PRI's The Takeaway. For more, listen to the audio above.Demonstrators in Haiti have been protesting a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people and...
View ArticleSoap recycling helps Haiti
This story was originally covered by PRI's Here and Now. For more, listen to the audio above.Since October, cholera has swept through Haiti, killing more than 1,000 and hospitalizing more than 25,000...
View ArticleSouth Africa: rationing health by committee
This article was part of a series on global health rationing from PRI's The World. For more, visit RationingHealth.org.By Sheri FinkIn late August, Amos Phillips, 41, arrived by ambulance at Tygerberg...
View ArticleChina's far-from universal health care
This story was originally covered by PRI's Here and Now. For more, listen to the audio above.China recently announced that it is launching an ambitious plan to expand the nation's health care coverage....
View ArticlePrescribing nature for children
This story was originally covered by PRI's Living on Earth. For more, listen to the audio above.When nature competes with Facebook, iPads and video games, it can be hard to convince children to get...
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