The Second Worst Ebola Outbreak in World History Has Spread Internationally Mark Leon Goldberg June 12, 2019The death of a child in Uganda from Ebola he contracted over the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo marks a major turning point in this outbreak.The ongoing outbreak in the DRC is the second-wor...
Here is How Close the World’s Poorest Countries Are to Acheiving Universal Health Coverage Joanne Lu May 24, 2019The world is nowhere near achieving universal health coverage by 2030, a new index by Save the Children shows. The Universal Health Coverage and Accountability Index looks at 81 countries that account for 90 p...
For the First Time Ever, a Malaria Vaccine is Being Rolled Out in Three African Countries. Can It Eliminate Malaria For Good? Alanna Shaikh, MPH May 1, 2019Malaria is a major threat to human life. Malaria has killed and debilitated humans for centuries. Though malaria rates have reduced sharply in the last 20 years, it still sickens hundreds of millions of peopl...
How Big Data and Text Messaging Can Prevent Suicide Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg April 29, 2019According to the World Health Organization 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. My guest today, Bob Filbin is helping to pioneer a way to sharply reduce that number.Bob Filbin is the Chief Data Sci...
There Has Been a 300% Increase in Measles Cases This Year Mark Leon Goldberg April 19, 2019It is not usual that the heads of UNICEF and the World Health Organization would team up to jointly warn the world about a fast spreading disease that stalks children. But a sudden surge in measles cases in the...
A Revolution in Access to Medicine is Underway in Five African Countries Mark Leon Goldberg April 15, 2019Among the many barriers to quality healthcare in the developing world is the high cost of medicine. This is due, in part, to frequent disruptions in the supply chain. Customers who visit a pharmacy to purchase ...
How a Social Entrepreneur is Fighting Counterfeit Medicines in the Developing World Mark Leon Goldberg April 3, 2019Not long ago, the social entrepreneur Bright Simons tried and failed to create a platform to pair organic farmers in Ghana with consumers of organic products. But in that failure he made an important discovery ...
A Race to Stop Cholera in Mozambique in the Wake of Cyclone Idai Mark Leon Goldberg April 2, 2019International and local aid workers are racing to stop a cholera outbreak in Mozambique, which so far has sickened at least 1,000 people in the wake of Cyclone Idai.Cholera is a deadly waterborne disease th...
“It’s Really Worrying Right Now.” An Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is NOT Under Control Mark Leon Goldberg March 24, 2019The second worst Ebola outbreak in history is currently unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since August last year there have been nearly 1,000 confirmed cases and over 600 deaths.The DRC is a ve...
