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Antibiotic Resistance: Easy to Understand?

How much do you know about antibiotics? Do they kill viruses or bacteria? Have you heard of antibiotic resistance? If you’re not sure, you’re not ...

A Day to Eliminate Violence and Empower Women

Today is the annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Sometimes the world needs to be reminded about tough topics. The issue ...

Newsday Tuesday – Why Two Degrees Celsius Matters

2015 will rank as the warmest year overall, breaking the record set just last year. CNN reports a study released from the National Oceanic and ...

#GivingTuesday: Gifts of the Heart

We love the season of gratitude and giving thanks, especially because it reminds us that the giving season is beginning. #GivingTuesday is December 1. As ...

Potty Jokes Are Funny, But Not When There’s No Bathroom: World Toilet Day

Not having access to clean water and toilets is more than an inconvenience; it can be the cause of danger and serious health risks, especially ...

Helping Mothers Survive Childbirth

Mothers dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within 6 weeks after birth (known as maternal mortality), has fallen by 44% since 1990, United Nations agencies and ...

Tiny Warriors Fighting For Breath and Life

You probably know someone who has given birth prematurely. Perhaps it’s happened to a child in your family. Perhaps you already know the heartbreaking statistics ...

When Your Life Doesn’t Matter: Women on the Run

UNHCR is calling on governments to collaborate for solutions to address the violence and insecurity causing displacement of women in the Northern Triangle.

Celebrating a Commitment to Action to Give Women and Girls Family Planning Rights and Options

A new report from Family Planning 2020 details significant accomplishments and setbacks in the three years since the event that began this process – the 2012 London Summit on Family Planning.

Mothers, Speak for Each Other’s Children

Pneumonia is the number one infectious killer of children under age five worldwide. One huge contributing problem to children catching pneumonia worldwide is household air ...