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From lifesaving medicine to safe drinking water, here's how you can help to save a life. 
Action, Give, Medicine 
Pneumonia, The Global Killer: Pneumonia kills more young children than anything else. 
Rockhopper, Pneumonia, Global Killer 
A New Web Page Set to Help Millions Tackle Malnutrition  
World Health Organization, WHO, Nutrition 
Millions Awarded to Save Lives of Mothers and Children 
Global Health, AID, Clinton 
Sacrificing For Success: Contributed by an American Mom in Kenya with the ONE campaign 
ONE, moms, Kenya 
Cholera Cases Triple in Haiti: Partners in Health Asks for Help 
Cholera, Haiti, Partners in Health 
Efforts to Eliminate Polio by 2012 Off Track: Progress Report Finds More Funding Needed 
Polio, Global Health, 2012 
School-Based Deworming Programs: Giving Children Important Lessons for Bright Future  
Worms, World Health Organization, Children Without Worms 
Live Stream the Aspen Ideas Festival June 27-July 3: Ideas Shaping the World 
Live Stream, Global Health, Dr. Besser 
Meet the Panelists: “Innovations in Global Health: Saving Lives, One Idea at a Time” 
"Innovations in Global Health", Dr. Richard Besser, Aspen Ideas Festival 
The Mother-Baby Checklist: Ideas saving lives at the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival  
Baby Checklist, Safety, Baby Mortality 
VisionSpring: Improving Lives, Saving Vision 
Action, Vision Spring, Bangladesh 
Zero new infections, zero stigma and zero AIDS-related deaths within ten years. Is it possible?  
Global Health, General Assembly, AIDS 
Is the Cell Phone Revolutionizing Health Care? Mobile Technology Is Giving the World's Poorest Access to Health Care 
Mobile Health, Mobile Summit, UN Foundation 
Countdown to Zero: President Clinton launches a global plan to eliminate HIV infections among children by 2015 and help keep mothers alive. 
Countdown to Zero, Global Health, HIV 
ONE App That Could Change the World: One Launches Mobile App 
Action, ONE App, Global Health 
Innovative Ideas for Social Change: Introducing the 2011 Echoing Green Fellows  
Action, Innovation, Echoing Green 
Interview with 2011 Echoing Green Fellow Peter Luckow of Tiyatien Health: Post-Conflict Health Care 
Liberia, health care, community workers 
Questions for Javier Lozano: 2011 Echoing Green Fellow for his innovative idea of low cost diabetes clinics. 
Global Health, Diabetes, Clinicas del Azucar 
Former President Clinton Brings Affordable HIV Meds to Those in Need: Clinton's Health Access Initiative Announces Price Reductions on Key Antiretroviral Drug Regimens  
HIV, Clinton, AIDS 
Building Schools in Haiti: Petra Nemkova and The Happy Hearts Fund Open a Kindergarden 
Action, Haiti, Education 
Maternal Deaths Drop by 66% in Bangladesh: Country's Prime Minister Addresses The World Health Assembly 
World Health Assembly, World Health Organization, WHO 
World Health Assembly: WHO delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to address the world’s biggest health concerns 
Action, Global Health, World Health Assembly 
And the Winner Is: Johns Hopkins Students Design Award-Winning Invention. Device Has the Potential to Prevent Millions of Unnecessary Deaths Each Year. 
Maternal Health Challenge, Reinventing Maternal Health, John Hopkins University 
Inspired Entries: Great Video from The Maternal Health Challenge 
Maternal Health Challenge 
Super Role Model: Liya Kebede is Changing the Face of Maternal Health 
Action, Liya Kebede, Maternal Health 
Raising Awareness for Maternal Health Issues: Christy Turlington Premieres “No Woman No Cry” and Launches the "Count Me In! Campaign"  
Action, Maternal Health, Christy Turlington 
Moms Matter: Make it Obvious. Winners Announced 
Acumen Fund, Search for the Obvious, Maternal Health 
The Artemisinin Project: OneWorld Health 's Breakthrough in the Global Fight Against Malaria  
Malaria, OneWorld Health, Artemisinin Project 
Promoting Healthy Births: Update from a 2010 CGIU grant winner 
Action, Birthing Kits, Maternal & Child Health 
Preventing Maternal Mortality via Cell Phone: Saving women's lives in the Korogocho slums of Kenya  
Maternal Health, Kenya, Mobile Health 
Your Dollars At Work: LifeSpring, Making Pregnancy Safe 
Action, LifeSpring, Maternal Health 
Life in a War Zone: Stories of birth from Gaza 
Maternal Health, Gaza, Midwife 
Submissions closed! Stay tuned for an announcement of all winners to our "Moms Matter" Challenge 
Action, Search for the Obvious, Acumen Fund 
The Science Behind Making the World a Better Place: Q&A with famed social entrepreneur & professor, Scott Sherman. 
Action, Students, Transformative Action Institute 
Person of the Week: The Radiant Dr. Hawa Abdi 
Action, Somalia, Maternal health 
April is Earth Month: What Does This Have to Do with Global Health? A Lot Actually. 
Earth day, environment, climate change 
Text POOP: Help equip a local health worker to combat the world's #2 childhood killer 
Action, Save the Children, Diarrhea 
Curing the disease of poverty: Non-profit drug development org announces new breakthrough in the fight against cholera  
Institute for One World Health, Neglected Disease, Cholera 
Bangladesh's children die at an alarming rate due to contaminated water.  
Bangladesh, Water, Water & Sanitation 
Slideshow--Severe Stunting: In Guatemala, 12 Years Old Going on 5 
Malnutrition, Maternal & Child Health, Guatemala 
In Lesotho, ponies race medical supplies and blood across mountains. 
Lesotho, Medical Supplies, Mobile Healthcare 
Why Should You Care about Global Health? Why Not? 
Action, Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute 
LifeSpring Hospitals: Bringing Maternity Care to Poor Mothers in India 
Maternal & Child Health, India, Acumen Fund 
Bethlahem: A story from a woman on the frontlines of improving maternal care 
Maternal & Child Health, Acumen Fund, India 
Dr. Peter Rohloff explains the problem of stunted growth in Guatemala.  
Guatemala, Malnutrition, Nutrition 
Fortifying the fight against malnutrition has never been so easy. Discover what you can do.  
Action, Malnutrition, GAIN 
30 Hour Famine: Kids fast for 30 hours to raise money for the hungry in impoverished nations. 
Action, Hunger, Poverty 
'Text4Baby': A free text service gives practical information about pregnancy and childbirth. 
Action, Maternal & Child Health, text4baby 
Slideshow: Bangladesh: Water Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink 
Water & Sanitation, Slideshow, ABC News 
Add your voice: Help create a world where no child is born with HIV. 
Action, HIV/AIDS, ONE.org 
Your Dollars At Work: An update from JHPIEGO, training midwives in Afghanistan to save women's lives 
Action, Jhpiego, Maternal Health 
LIVE Blog from Women in the World 
women, take action, women in the world 
Severe Stunting: Malnourishment Threatens Growth, Mental Development of Guatemalan Children. 
Malnutrition, Guatemala, Hunger 
A Tale of Two Mothers: Preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child.  
Action, ONE, Maternal Health 
International Women's Day 2011: Why Do You March? 
women, health, maternity 
CARE Busts the Top Ten Myths About Women 
women, care, health 
Factsheet: Mental Health 
mental health, facts 
100 Outstanding Women: Women Deliver Shines a Light on Heroines Around the World 
Women, maternal health, Women Deliver 
Make Your Voice Heard: Children from across the country gather on Capitol Hill to protest proposed foreign aid cuts.  
Action, Save the Children, Foreign Aid 
Slideshow: New Law Recognizes Women's Rights in India 
Maternal Health, India, Human Rights Law Network 
One Person's Trash Could Save Another's Life: Recycled Phones Could Provide Healthcare to Millions of People Across the Globe 
Action, Hope Phones, Josh Nesbit 
Winner Announced: Send a Valentine to Women Who Really Need It 
Action, Design, Maternal and Child Health 
mHealth Summit: JuJu Chang sees some of the newest medical devices. 
Mobile Health, Juju Chang, mHealth Summit 
Starved for Attention: VII & Doctors Without Borders go behind the scenes with health workers in Djibouti to examine the latest in the global fight on malnutrition.  
Malnutrition, Doctors Without Borders, Starved for Attention 
Submissions: Send a Valentine to the Women in the World Who Really Need It 
Action, Design, Maternal and Child Health 
In The News: A round-up of recent global health happenings 
Polio, Maternal and Child Health, Food Prices 
Project: Send a Valentine to the Women in the World Who Really Need It 
Action, Design, Maternal and Child Health 
Students Help Haiti Rebuild: A Year After the Haiti Earthquake, U.S. Students Raise Funds 
Haiti, Students, Rebuilding 
Why global health matters: We asked, you answered 
Action, Global Health, Acumen Fund 
Slideshow--Health Crises: A visual tour of the world’s worst health issues, from diseases to poverty. 
World health, Slideshow, ABC News 
'Be the Change: Save a Life' Viewers Donate More Than $700,000 to Global Health Projects 
Give, Global Health, Take Action 
LifeSpring Hospitals Keep Infants Alive: Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, on fighting infant mortality in India. 
Maternal & Child Health, India, Acumen Fund 
Global Malnutrition: Christiane Amanpour reports on a promising nutritional supplement. 
Malnutrition, Maternal & Child Health, Christiane Amanpour 
New Inventions Help Fight Diseases in the Developing World. 
Kenya, Camels, Vaccines 
Angelina Jolie's Mission: A scientist and a Hollywood superstar helping children in need. 
Angelina Jolie, Anne Goldfeld, Dan Harris 
Embrace CEO Jane Chen explains how the infant warmer 'sleeping bag' device works.  
Embrace, Maternal & Child Health, Elizabeth Vargas 
Factsheet: Water & Sanitation  
Water, Preventable Disease, Cholera 

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