PRI: Global Health and Development
Summary: PRI's Global Health and Development Podcast brings you compelling stories from PRI's extensive coverage on the health and well-being of the billions living in the developing world. Through in-depth reports and newsmaker interviews, this podcast will explore such topics as the state of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis worldwide; the myriad efforts to provide healthcare and other aid in the developing world; and ways to grow and deliver food to the poor.
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Melaina Spitzer reports from Ecuador on an ambitious scheme to create an overland trade route in South America that rivals the Panama Canal. The plan involves moving goods from through a combination ports, highways and riverways. On PRI's The World.
Scientists studying chimps in Tanzania have made a discovery that could change our understanding of AIDS. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the study's lead author, Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. On PRI's The World.
Scientists studying chimps in Tanzania have made a discovery that could change our understanding of AIDS. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the study's lead author, Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. On PRI's The World.
Some of the richest countries are buying up large swatches of land in some of the poorest countries. Olivier De Schutter is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. He discusses the ethical quandaries of this new colonialism with Living on Earth.
Some of the richest countries are buying up large swatches of land in some of the poorest countries. Olivier De Schutter is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. He discusses the ethical quandaries of this new colonialism with Living on Earth.
GlaxoSmithKline has said it will allow the manufacturers of generic drugs to produce versions of its medicines for treating HIV and AIDS. PRI's The World speaks with Michelle Childs, Director of Policy at the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.
GlaxoSmithKline has said it will allow the manufacturers of generic drugs to produce versions of its medicines for treating HIV and AIDS. PRI's The World speaks with Michelle Childs, Director of Policy at the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.
Thembi Ngubane, the South African AIDS activist who documented her battle with the disease in diaries broadcast on NPR, died last week at age 24 of AIDS-related complications. Here and Now revisits a conversation with her from April 2006.
Thembi Ngubane, the South African AIDS activist who documented her battle with the disease in diaries broadcast on NPR, died last week at age 24 of AIDS-related complications. Here and Now revisits a conversation with her from April 2006.
The World's Andrea Crossan reports from Nairobi on worries over the swine flu hitting Africa. Just under 10 cases have been confirmed in sub-Sarahan Africa. But health experts are concerned about the disease spreading in the continent's crowded slums.
The World's Andrea Crossan reports from Nairobi on worries over the swine flu hitting Africa. Just under 10 cases have been confirmed in sub-Sarahan Africa. But health experts are concerned about the disease spreading in the continent's crowded slums.
The United States has been helping the Colombian military fight a war on coca, the plant used to make cocaine. There are efforts to help farmers find alternatives to growing coca. Living on Earth's Conrad Fox reports on one of these alternatives.
The United States has been helping the Colombian military fight a war on coca, the plant used to make cocaine. There are efforts to help farmers find alternatives to growing coca. Living on Earth's Conrad Fox reports on one of these alternatives.
A new report from South Africa shows that in the last three years, the number of HIV infections has stabilized. The Takeaway is joined by Dr. Ernest Darkoh, global health expert.
A new report from South Africa shows that in the last three years, the number of HIV infections has stabilized. The Takeaway is joined by Dr. Ernest Darkoh, global health expert.
