Global Health

Indian schoolchildren write English alphabets on slates at a primary school outside Hyderabad in June. India is on track to overtake China as the most populous nation in just 16 years. Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

An Afghan health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child during a vaccination campaign in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2010. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption

Mourners attend a memorial service for recent cholera victims in Haiti that took place Wednesday in Savanette, an isolated community in the mountains outside Mirebalais, Haiti. Cate Oswald/Partners in Health hide caption

A nonprofit group hopes this winning home design will help prevent tuberculosis transmission with better ventilation. Courtesy of ARCHIVE hide caption

A man pushes a friend in a wheelchair following an event in Beijing to raise awareness of accessibility issues for the disabled. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo hide caption

Lettuce at an organic vegetable farm in Teltow, Germany. Organic farmers in Germany are reporting a surge in demand for lettuce and cucumbers in the wake of an outbreak of E. coli after health officials warned people not to eat cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes, though organic produce may not necessarily be safer. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption

Forget snakes. There could be measles on the plane. iStockphoto.com hide caption

Most of the stillbirths worldwide happen in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and at least half of them take place during labor or birth. iStockphoto.com hide caption

Meet the enemy: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to as MRSA. Janice Haney Carr/CDC hide caption