World AIDS Day 2011
In Burundi, a World Bank-supported project focused on educating female sex workers about the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS and other diseases has contributed to Burundi's overall declining infection...
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Climate Change and Health: Does it Matter?
The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, is in full swing now, aiming to reach consensus and agreements on addressing the climate challenge by its close on December 9. While there...
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Brazil and Africa: Bridging the Atlantic
Linked in the distant past through colonial-era trade enterprises, Brazil and Africa are becoming close partners again. More than two centuries after establishing a slave trade route across the...
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After the holidays, a time to reflect on the state of food in Africa
As we gather in kitchens and dining rooms during this season of eating and charity, let us pause for a moment to review the state of food trade in Africa: how does cross-border commerce in key crops...
View ArticleTanzania: Building bridges through education and small businesses
Stevan Lee, Senior World Bank Economist, is co-author of this post.Attracted by the prospects of large unexploited natural gas reserves in the south of Tanzania, big players are in town. The British...
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A Story of hope from Kangemi
“Tuberculosis was a silent killer a few years ago,” says Rogers, a community health worker at the Kangemi Health Center, which assists people living with TB to receive effective treatment in a...
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Tobacco Kills: So what to do in Africa?
The scientific evidence is overwhelming. As Robert Beaglehole and colleagues at the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out years ago, tobacco is the only consumer product that eventually kills...
View ArticleWomen of action in Sudan
Working in development, there are some faces you never forget because they come back to you at the end of a long day, time and again. As we recognize International Day of Action for Women, I’ve been...
View ArticleGetting healthcare to work better in Samburu County
As our sturdy Land Cruiser inched its way down a precipitous dirt track, trying to descend from a high ridge into the Rift Valley, I wondered what might happen if we had an accident here in the heart...
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Reflections on World Water Day 2013: A Water-Rich Africa
As we commemorate World Water Day on March 22, 2013, it is sobering that NASA’s Curiosity rover found convincing evidence that at one time Mars, like Earth today, was awash with water.
View ArticleMosquito Nets in Kenya: Driving Africa’s Fastest Reduction in Infant Mortality
Growing up in India, mosquito nets were an essential part of life. I slept under them as a child in Bangalore, with their ropes tied to bedposts, doors, closets, window grills—anything that would...
View ArticlePerformance-Based Financing boosts quality of health care in Nigeria
Results Based Financing Brings Better Healthcare to African Countries My experience as a doctor who practiced actively in this country did not prepare me for the shock I had during the preparation of...
View ArticlePreventing Maternal Mortality - A Yardstick for Social Justice
I was glad to read the announcement made by World Bank President, Dr. Jim Kim, at the start of this year’s UN General Assembly meetings, about the Bank’s projected financing support through the end of...
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Better Disease Surveillance is part of the Great Lakes Peace Dividend
Beside the great Lake Kivu, beneath the shadow of an enormous volcano, the Rwanda-DRC border divides the neighboring cities of Gisenyi and Goma. As the day begins, the predominant impression is one of...
View ArticleWomen and girls are the answer to innovation in Africa
4 Will You Take On... Take On Extreme Poverty 2:11 / 2:11 Poverty and Hardship in the PacificWorld Bank1:02:02 Rwanda: A Model for Building Strong Safety NetsWorld Bank4:32 My New Life: Primary...
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Hope Amid Despair: Surviving the Ebola Crisis
When I heard Aminata Bangura’s story, it sent a shiver through my spine. The five-year-old recently lost both of her parents to the Ebola virus, and she is now going back to an empty home, not sure...
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