Pneumonia and diarrhoea are the two greatest causes of death in children younger than 5 years of age. In 2010 and 2011, children in lower-income countries started to receive vaccines to protect them against these two diseases. Meanwhile, children living in industrialized economies had started receiving these vaccines some eight years… Read more →←
Author: Shanelle Hall
Comfortable, right-sized, durable school furniture is conducive to learning. Research, as well as feedback from children and teachers, however, shows that school furniture is too often unavailable in Africa. When it is available, it may be poorly designed, inappropriately sized for a student’s age or disproportionately expensive.… Read more →←
Since the inception of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the number of annual polio cases has dropped dramatically – from 350,000 in 1998 to 223 cases, in 2012. That’s nearly a 100% reduction. However, polio remains active in a few countries, primarily among the most disadvantaged, remote and conflict-affected… Read more →←
