Feature Stories

A Fresh Injection of Optimism: New funds and expanding partnerships spur global vaccination campaigns

Vital campaigns to immunize children worldwide are slated for a major boost from new financing mechanisms and more scientific collaboration among researchers from developing and industrialized countries. These developments are especially welcome given the

In His Own Words: India Showcases DCPP Successes

During Mr. Rajiv Misra's long and distinguished career in the Indian civil service, he served as Permanent Secretary in both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health. He was instrumental in using the main findings of Disease Control Priorities i

Restoring Sight, Reviving Lives: Asia need sharper focus on cataract surgery

In villages across Asia, poor vision is often accepted as an inevitable part of growing old. Dutiful family members sacrifice countless hours of work and study to care for blind or otherwise visually impaired grandparents, parents, and spouses. Homebound

Small Steps in Preventing and Treating HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean

At a small medical clinic in the Cinco Casas bateye, an isolated rural community in the central part of the Dominican Republic, 43 AIDS patients are receiving anti-retroviral therapy. In some ways, this is a major achievement...

India's Alcohol Trap: Probing the Links Between Hazardous Drinking and Poverty

At 7:30 each morning, Iqbal Pasha drank six shots of whiskey before heading to work as a junior clerk in a south Indian bus depot. That routine soaked up more than two-thirds of his monthly salary, leaving little to spend on his wife and toddler at home.

Responding to the Diabetes Epidemic in Latin America: Helping Diabetics Help Themselves

As governments, public health experts, civil society groups, and educators in Latin America and the Caribbean look to stem the tide of new diabetes cases and prevent complications among current diabetics, they face several serious challenges...

Overlooked and Undertreated: Mental Health Care Is a Major Unmet Need in Countries Around the World

The last half of the 20th century saw enormous progress in the development of treatments for mental disorders, and many of them are both effective and cost-effective even in low-income countries

Out of the Hospital, Back in the Village: Supporting Home Care for Rural Asia's Mentally Ill

Finding help close to home remains very difficult for villagers who suffer from mental illness. But pilot projects in India, China, Thailand, and elsewhere in Asia are beginning to make a difference.

Taking Prosperity to Heart

Rising cardiovascular disease rates accompany economic development around the world, but cost-effective prevention and treatment can save countless lives.

Disparities in Health: Inequities Create Great Risks for Poor, Adolescents, and Women in Developing Countries

Whatever the cause of inequality, the resulting inequities in terms of health can mean living in a physically weakened state, perhaps from birth. People around the world are unable to find affordable care, even when the need is urgent...

Halting the Global Epidemic of Neonatal Death and Malnutrition

Simple Steps and Better Access to Health Care Keys, Says Disease Control Priorities Project

Lucky to Survive: Mothers Worldwide Suffer from Inadequate Health Services

Phouvieng smiled weakly from her simple cot in a small district hospital in Laos. With no bedding available, a ragged towel had been found to cover her shivering feet. The 25-year-old woman had just delivered her first child...