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By Patricia Nunan Bombay 06 March 2006 The world's population is booming - no more so than in its cities. Within the next 10 years, there will be at least 22
By Gary Thomas London 23 August 2006 The nations that offered incentives to Iran to get it to halt nuclear enrichment activity are studying Iran's response and pondering what to do next. While details of the response have not been made public, Iran
By Naomi Schwarz Thies, Senegal 19 June 2007 Kids who live in the streets are a growing problem in West African cities. Troubled youths, orphans, and children with family problems often run away from their homes in small villages and wind up in citie
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 February 2007 In Kenya, the Anglican Church has released its five-year plan to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on the continent. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. The top priority of the $2.2 million
By Efam Dovi Accra 24 November 2006 In Ghana, health authorities say they have taken a major step towards finding treatment for HIV/AIDS and other diseases by using local, traditional medicines. An estimated 4,000 of the country's 20 million people
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 October 2006 Children infected with tuberculosis light candles at a march to mark World Tuberculosis Day in New Delhi, March 24, 2006 The World Health Organization says there has been considerable progress in the figh
By Nico Colombant Dakar 16 October 2006 Rains have been better than in previous years in West and Central Africa, meaning food shortages in the coming months will be lessened. But as the region marks World Food Day, U.N experts say more private inve
By Catherine Maddux Washington 29 May 2006 Malnourished boy sits at a Medecins sans Frontieres' hospital in El Wak village in drought stricken north eastern Kenya, March 4, 2006 Every year, untold numbers of African doctors and nurses leave the cont
Tools to Fight Infectious Diseases Rely on Public Health Programs A simple bite from a mosquito can end someone's life or change it forever. A sneeze, a handshake or even sharing of a desk can do the same thing. That's how H1N1 - or swine flu - sprea
Pakistan's Bonded Laborers Trapped in Cycle of Debt 巴基斯坦契约劳工陷入债务圈套 ISLAMABAD In Pakistan today, more than 2 million people, including children, work as bonded laborers, a system the United Nations describes as modern-day s
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 July 2006 The World Food Program says ensuring that children start life with proper nutrition and have access to education aids development. In its first annual hunger report, the U.N. agency says educating mothers about pr