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Blog: Health Archive
Trash is Not Trash Until It Is Wasted
January 26th, 2012Many of us recycle our bottles and waste without ever seeing the tangible benefits. Although recycling is practiced far less commonly in Sub Sahara Africa, the recycling efforts of two [...]
Turning the Millennium Goals into Reality: Goal 6—Combat HIV, Malaria, and Other Diseases
January 13th, 2012In the sixth blog post in our series about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals we focus on Millennium Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases. The targets of the [...]
Recognizing Progress, Committing to the Future on World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2011On World AIDS Day, our attention turns again to Sub-Saharan Africa, which has only one-tenth of the world’s population, but two-thirds of the people in the world living [...]
Turning the Millennium Goals Into Reality: Goal 5 – Improve Maternal Health
October 24th, 2011In the fifth blog post in our series about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals we focus on Millennium Goal 5: Improve maternal health. The UN goal is to ensure that [...]
Turning the Millennium Goals into Reality: Goal 4—Reduce Child Mortality
August 15th, 2011In the fourth blog post in our series about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals we focus on Millennium Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality. The UN goal is to reduce child mortality by two thirds between 2009 and 2015.
Africa’s Newest Country – The Republic of South Sudan
July 11th, 2011On July 9 the world welcomed its newest country and the 54th in Africa—the Republic of South Sudan.
Remembering Less Fortunate Mothers
May 6th, 2011Being a mother is never easy, but in Africa it takes on a whole new dimension. Save the Children’s new report on the best and worst countries for motherhood says [...]
Doctors and Health Workers Answering the Call in Sub Saharan Africa
April 4th, 2011In a recent compelling article in The New York Times, Celia Dugger describes a growing movement in the U.S. of young American doctors and health workers who are going to [...]
World Water Day: Spotlight on Saving Lives with Safe Drinking Water
March 21st, 2011On March 22, World Water Day, Aid for Africa asks you to remember that there are 1.1 billion people in the world who lack access to safe drinking water – [...]
Focus on Women: Changing a Young Woman’s Story through Education
March 18th, 2011Caroline Kashinin Senteu is one of only a handful of Maasai women in Kenya with a college education, and although her story began as the story of most Maasai women, [...]
Focus on Women: Ugandan Finds Calling as a “Gorilla Doctor”
March 11th, 2011Aid for Africa member Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) has a new veterinarian–Dr. Racheal Mbabazi. Racheal graduated from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, in 2010 with a degree in veterinary [...]
A New Model for Helping South Africa’s Most Vulnerable Children
February 2nd, 2011The founders of the Ubuntu Education Fund in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, realized early on that that a fresh approach was needed to help the thousands of vulnerable South African [...]
Southern Sudan Votes for the Future and Prepares for the Challenges
January 10th, 2011In Sudan, the south and north fought a civil war for more than three decades. Beginning January 9 through the 15th, the south is voting to become an independent state. [...]
PBS Turns a Much-Needed Spotlight on Maternal Health Risks in the Wake of the Haiti Earthquake
January 29th, 2010It isn’t surprising that a team from the PBS newsmagazine NOW turned to Ann Starrs, president and cofounder of Family Care International, when it wanted to better understand why women [...]
Alternatives to Orphanages Bring Hope to Africa’s Vulnerable Children
December 19th, 2009The United Nations estimates that more than 55 million African children have lost one parent and that almost 15 million of them have lost a parent to AIDS. Orphanages are [...]
For Aid for Africa Members, Every Day is World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2009Two-thirds of the people in the world living with HIV and AIDS are in Sub Saharan Africa. In its 2009 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, UNAIDS found that more [...]
Strengthening Women’s Healthcare to Stem Rising Preterm Births
October 7th, 2009A new study by the March of Dimes with the World Health Organization finds that globally each year almost 13 million babies are born prematurely—one of every ten newborns. Four [...]