Women's Rights, Healthy Planet Go Hand-in-Hand May 30, 2008 • How do population, natural resources and women's rights all intersect? Author Robert Engelman explains in a new book how allowing women to control their reproduction can lead to a more sustainable planet Women's Rights, Healthy Planet Go Hand-in-Hand Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90975024/90975072" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Got Zinc? Kids Don't, and Malnutrition Results May 29, 2008 • At a superambitious conference in Copenhagen this week, there was a curious and memorable proposal to increase vitamin A and zinc supplements in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as a way to improve health and economic conditions. Got Zinc? Kids Don't, and Malnutrition Results Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90931053/90930991" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'All Things Considered' in Chengdu, China Doctors Provide Care Despite Obstacles in China May 22, 2008 • In China's earthquake-damaged Sichuan province, 39,000 medical personnel are now working to provide care, according to provincial authorities. Chinese emergency medical workers have been able to cope with the rush of injured people. Doctors Provide Care Despite Obstacles in China Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90728507/90736280" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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China Earthquake: A Year Of Recovery China Adds Counseling to Earthquake Relief Efforts May 22, 2008 • China is mounting its largest-ever counseling operation for survivors of last week's massive earthquake. It's unprecedented in a country where mental health problems are generally seen as a source of shame. Experts say the psychological damage from the quake is extensive and could be long-lasting. China Adds Counseling to Earthquake Relief Efforts Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90714689/90714669" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment White House Lists Polar Bears as 'Threatened' May 14, 2008 • The Bush administration announces on Wednesday that the polar bear will be protected as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. It's the first time that the Endangered Species Act has been used to protect a species threatened by the impact of climate change. White House Lists Polar Bears as 'Threatened' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90447621/90447815" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bryant Park Project Video Film Captures Ethiopian Women's Medical Sagas May 13, 2008 • A Walk to Beautiful — a new documentary airing tonight on PBS — shows the arduous journeys for care undertaken by an increasing number of women who unnecessarily suffer from a surgically repairable condition called fistula. Film Captures Ethiopian Women's Medical Sagas Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90394327/90394271" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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News Bill and Melinda Gates Name New Foundation Head May 12, 2008 • Jeff Raikes, a 27-year veteran of Microsoft, will take over the $37 billion Gates Foundation in September. Bill and Melinda Gates tell NPR that they picked Raikes because he shares their passion to try to help minimize poverty around the globe. Bill and Melinda Gates Name New Foundation Head Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90373773/90379908" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Scientists Mark 25 Years of HIV Research May 9, 2008 • In May 1983, the first scientific papers were published describing the possible connection between a retrovirus and the development of AIDS. The virus went on to become known as HIV. Experts discuss whether, 25 years later, scientists any closer to a cure for AIDS or to a vaccine to prevent HIV transmission. Scientists Mark 25 Years of HIV Research Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90289723/90289704" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Death Toll at 15,000 After Myanmar Cyclone May 6, 2008 • Official media in Yangon say 10,000 people were killed in one town alone after Cyclone Nargis. Another 30,000 people are said to be missing and aid has reportedly been delayed by government reluctance to grant visas. Death Toll at 15,000 After Myanmar Cyclone Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90213640/90213625" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Death Toll at 15,000 After Myanmar Cyclone Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/90213640/90213625" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
World U.N. Declares Rising Food Costs a 'Silent Tsunami' April 23, 2008 • The United Nations World Food Program announced Tuesday that increases in food prices could leave more than 100 million people hungry. The head of the program calls the international crisis a "silent tsunami." A summit Tuesday was aimed at addressing the issue. U.N. Declares Rising Food Costs a 'Silent Tsunami' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89871092/89871067" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Sachs Explains 'Economics for a Crowded Planet' April 18, 2008 • Economist Jeffrey Sachs says that the world's population, climate change, poverty and resource use are all closely intertwined. In his book Common Wealth, Sachs discusses the intersection of economics and the environment and argues that humanity must address global problems on a global scale. Sachs Explains 'Economics for a Crowded Planet' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89764376/89764362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Sachs Explains 'Economics for a Crowded Planet' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89764376/89764362" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Canada Offers Farmers Cash to Kill Surplus Hogs April 17, 2008 • The Canadian government announced that it would pay pork producers about $50 million to kill 150,000 pigs by fall. It's an effort to reduce supply in order to raise the price of pork, to help struggling Canadian hog farmers. Canada Offers Farmers Cash to Kill Surplus Hogs Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89713037/89712981" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Taiwan Takes Fast Track to Universal Health Care April 15, 2008 • About 10 years ago, Taiwan created a national health care system from scratch by adopting good ideas from other countries. Patients say they're satisfied and never go into debt for medical care. The government, however, is borrowing to finance the system. Taiwan Takes Fast Track to Universal Health Care Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89651916/89661636" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Climate Change Tops Agenda for W.H.O. April 7, 2008 • Every year on its birthday, the World Health Organization declares "World Health Day" and highlights one critical issue — this year it's the impact of global warming on health. Climate Change Tops Agenda for W.H.O. Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89424830/89424790" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Health Database Blocked Searches on 'Abortion' April 4, 2008 • POPLINE, the world's largest database on reproductive health, has been blocking the term 'abortion.' It restored the search term after the matter was brought to the attention of database operators at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.