Global Health : NPR https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1031 NPR news on world health issues, disease control, public health and sanitation, and health education. Subscribe to the RSS feed. en Copyright 2021 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 03:05:50 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 Global Health https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1031 U.S. Sending 1 Million Coronavirus Vaccines To Mexico Border Cities, Resort Spots Mexico has reported more than 2.4 million confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 228,000 deaths, as of Thursday. Targeting the shots toward tourist areas is a bid to boost the country's economy. Fri, 04 Jun 2021 03:05:50 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003144624/u-s-sending-1-million-coronavirus-vaccines-to-mexico-border-cities-resort-spots https://www.npr.org/2021/06/04/1003144624/u-s-sending-1-million-coronavirus-vaccines-to-mexico-border-cities-resort-spots

Mexico has reported more than 2.4 million confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 228,000 deaths, as of Thursday. Targeting the shots toward tourist areas is a bid to boost the country's economy.

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]]> Jaclyn Diaz International Committee Of The Red Cross Director On Hurdles To Aid Gaza And Israel NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:22:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1003020334/international-committee-of-the-red-cross-director-on-hurdles-to-aid-gaza-and-isr https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1003020334/international-committee-of-the-red-cross-director-on-hurdles-to-aid-gaza-and-isr NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May.

]]> How Two Dancers, A Mom And A Life Coach Help Out In India's COVID Crisis Amid India's COVID surge, regular folks are channeling their time, talents and resources to support their neighbors — and strangers, too. Public health experts say it's making a real impact. Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:31:56 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/03/1002421650/hot-meals-and-hospital-beds-how-volunteers-are-helping-india-s-covid-patients https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/03/1002421650/hot-meals-and-hospital-beds-how-volunteers-are-helping-india-s-covid-patients

Amid India's COVID surge, regular folks are channeling their time, talents and resources to support their neighbors — and strangers, too. Public health experts say it's making a real impact.

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]]> Sreyashi Dey India's COVID-19 Outbreak Has Spread To Nepal India's COVID-19 outbreak has spread to neighboring Nepal, where it's straining an even smaller, less-resourced health system. The virus has even reached Mount Everest, where climbers have fallen ill. Wed, 02 Jun 2021 16:52:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002604459/indias-covid-19-outbreak-has-spread-to-nepal https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002604459/indias-covid-19-outbreak-has-spread-to-nepal India's COVID-19 outbreak has spread to neighboring Nepal, where it's straining an even smaller, less-resourced health system. The virus has even reached Mount Everest, where climbers have fallen ill.

]]> Lauren Frayer 'The Kissing Bug' Challenges Which Diseases Matter — And Why Through the story of her aunt, who died of Chagas, Daisy Hernández raises damning questions about which diseases get attention — and whom we believe to be deserving of care. Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:12:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002371596/the-kissing-bug-challenges-which-diseases-matter-and-why https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002371596/the-kissing-bug-challenges-which-diseases-matter-and-why

Through the story of her aunt, who died of Chagas, Daisy Hernández raises damning questions about which diseases get attention — and whom we believe to be deserving of care.

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]]> Kristen Martin Why Americans Should Care That Other Countries Are Still Struggling With COVID-19 NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security about the COVID-19 pandemic from a global perspective. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:32:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1002219130/why-americans-should-care-that-other-countries-are-still-struggling-with-covid-1 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1002219130/why-americans-should-care-that-other-countries-are-still-struggling-with-covid-1 NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security about the COVID-19 pandemic from a global perspective.

]]> Mary Louise Kelly It's The Vaccine That's Lost A Lot Of Trust. But AstraZeneca Still Has Its Fans Oxford-AstraZeneca promised its COVID-19 vaccine would be effective, cheap and available worldwide. Five months after its launch, the path forward has been anything but smooth. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:31:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/01/1002067808/astrozenecas-rocky-rollout-the-woes-of-the-vaccine-of-the-world https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/06/01/1002067808/astrozenecas-rocky-rollout-the-woes-of-the-vaccine-of-the-world

Oxford-AstraZeneca promised its COVID-19 vaccine would be effective, cheap and available worldwide. Five months after its launch, the path forward has been anything but smooth.

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]]> Jason Beaubien Peruvian Officials More Than Double COVID Death Toll, Saying They Undercounted "Glaring gaps" in access to COVID-19 vaccines are partially to blame for increasing infection rates in Peru, Argentina, Brazil and many other Latin American and Caribbean countries . Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:28:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1001995873/vaccinated-americans-get-back-to-bbqs-but-covid-19-still-ravages-latin-america https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1001995873/vaccinated-americans-get-back-to-bbqs-but-covid-19-still-ravages-latin-america

"Glaring gaps" in access to COVID-19 vaccines are partially to blame for increasing infection rates in Peru, Argentina, Brazil and many other Latin American and Caribbean countries .

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]]> Jaclyn Diaz The 'Time Has Come' For A Global Pandemic Treaty, WHO's Tedros Says Pathogens can blossom from an outbreak into a pandemic because they "exploit our interconnectedness and expose our inequities and divisions," the World Health Organization's leader says. Mon, 31 May 2021 17:33:25 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/31/1001943709/the-time-has-come-for-a-global-pandemic-treaty-whos-tedros-says https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/31/1001943709/the-time-has-come-for-a-global-pandemic-treaty-whos-tedros-says

Pathogens can blossom from an outbreak into a pandemic because they "exploit our interconnectedness and expose our inequities and divisions," the World Health Organization's leader says.

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]]> Bill Chappell Confronted By Aging Population China Allows Couples To Have 3 Children Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children. Mon, 31 May 2021 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1001846355/confronted-by-aging-population-china-allows-couples-to-have-three-children https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1001846355/confronted-by-aging-population-china-allows-couples-to-have-three-children

Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children.

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]]> Emily Feng Why A Zimbabwean Photographer Asked Her Subjects To Pose In Victorian Garb "African Victorian," a series of unconventional portraits by Zimbabwean photographer Tamary Kudita, combines Victorian fashion with her country's culture to examine the impact of the colonial era. Mon, 31 May 2021 06:32:36 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/31/995407888/why-a-zimbabwean-photographer-asked-her-subjects-to-pose-in-victorian-garb https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/31/995407888/why-a-zimbabwean-photographer-asked-her-subjects-to-pose-in-victorian-garb

"African Victorian," a series of unconventional portraits by Zimbabwean photographer Tamary Kudita, combines Victorian fashion with her country's culture to examine the impact of the colonial era.

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]]> Diane Cole Buried Alive In Mongolia's Worst Sandstorms In A Decade Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring. Herders have lost their herds — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives. Sun, 30 May 2021 06:57:23 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/30/1000530563/buried-alive-in-mongolias-worst-sandstorms-in-a-decade https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/30/1000530563/buried-alive-in-mongolias-worst-sandstorms-in-a-decade

Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring. Herders have lost their herds — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives.

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]]> Khaliun Bayartsogt Vietnam Detects New Highly Transmissible Coronavirus Variant Vietnam's health ministry announced the discovery of the new variant on Saturday that has characteristics of two other strains. The country is currently dealing with a recent spike in infections. Sat, 29 May 2021 17:05:40 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/29/1001590855/vietnam-detects-new-highly-transmissible-coronavirus-variant https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/05/29/1001590855/vietnam-detects-new-highly-transmissible-coronavirus-variant

Vietnam's health ministry announced the discovery of the new variant on Saturday that has characteristics of two other strains. The country is currently dealing with a recent spike in infections.

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]]> Wynne Davis Heartbreaking Photo Shows Depth Of COVID-19 Tragedy In Argentina The pandemic's toll on Argentina was symbolized in a viral photo of a young COIVD-19 patient, unconscious on a hospital floor. We look at the latest measures and government response in the country. Sat, 29 May 2021 07:43:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001536897/heartbreaking-photo-shows-depth-of-covid-19-tragedy-in-argentina https://www.npr.org/2021/05/29/1001536897/heartbreaking-photo-shows-depth-of-covid-19-tragedy-in-argentina The pandemic's toll on Argentina was symbolized in a viral photo of a young COIVD-19 patient, unconscious on a hospital floor. We look at the latest measures and government response in the country.

]]> Philip Reeves China Has COVID-19 Well-Contained, But Has Resisted Collaborating To End The Pandemic China has had tremendous success containing the spread of COVID-19 while simultaneously being resistant to cooperating and collaborating with international partners to end the pandemic. Fri, 28 May 2021 16:41:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1001377992/china-has-covid-19-well-contained-but-has-resisted-collaborating-to-end-the-pand https://www.npr.org/2021/05/28/1001377992/china-has-covid-19-well-contained-but-has-resisted-collaborating-to-end-the-pand China has had tremendous success containing the spread of COVID-19 while simultaneously being resistant to cooperating and collaborating with international partners to end the pandemic.

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