Producer Gary Strieker reports from Ethiopia's Amhara region where 60 percent of children suffer from Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that is the world's leading preventable cause of blindness. A new study finds that antibiotics administered for Trachoma is actually treating other ailments and reducing Ethiopia's high rates of child mortality.
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Signature Video
October 29, 2009
Antibiotics for eye disease are saving Ethiopia’s children
How You See It
October 21, 2009
H1N1 forcing governments to rethink health strategies
With concerns rising in the U.S. and abroad about the H1N1 virus, we want to hear your thoughts. Do you think the U.S. government is doing enough to protect American citizens from H1N1?
Interview
October 15, 2009
American doctors aiding African medical programs
Doc to Dock collects surplus medical supplies - such as hospital beds from a facility that is upgrading - and ships them to Africa. Dalijit Dhaliwal spoke last week with Doc to Dock's founder, Dr. Bruce Charash.
Video / Q&A
October 13, 2009
Dying during childbirth in India
Last week, Human Rights Watch released an extensive report detailing the maternal mortality problem in India - whose rate is 16 times Russia's and 10 times China's. Worldfocus spoke with Aruna Kashyap, the lead researcher of the in-depth study, "No Tally of the Anguish."
Web Original Video
February 24, 2009
Fighting the stigma and treating HIV across South Africa
Mobile testing units offer free test results and spread the message that living with HIV is not a death sentence, but a chronic disease.
Video
February 12, 2009
U.N. plans to vaccinate 20m African children in one month
Ambassador Morten Weltand, the permanent representative of Norway to the United Nations, discusses global immunization programs and progress toward reducing the world's infant mortality.
Signature Video
December 18, 2008
Thailand’s “Mr. Condom” battles AIDS
In Thailand, AIDS remains a leading cause of death despite significant successes against the disease.
Signature Video
December 15, 2008
Black flies blind river villagers in Tanzania
Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, affects almost 40 million people -- most of them in Africa.
Blogwatch / Map
December 5, 2008
Cholera claims more than 560 lives in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe declared a national emergency due to a cholera outbreak. Since August, at least 12,546 cases have been reported, according to the U.N.
Blogwatch / Audio
November 25, 2008
South Africa treats Tuberculosis patients at home
As rates of tuberculosis rise, countries must weigh the civil liberties of patients infected with the airborne disease against the greater public's health interests.
