PRI: Global Health and Development
By Public Radio International
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Podcast Description
PRI's Global Health and Development Podcast brings you compelling stories from PRI's extensive coverage on the health and well-being of the billions living in the developing world. Through in-depth reports and newsmaker interviews, this podcast will explore such topics as the state of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis worldwide; the myriad efforts to provide healthcare and other aid in the developing world; and ways to grow and deliver food to the poor.
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Women trafficked from Mexico to Queens | Every year, thousands of women, many between the ages of 11 to 14, are lured and smuggled from Mexico into the United States and forced to become sex workers. From The Takeaway. | 5/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A colonial hospital in Africa faces challenges as it evolves | The Albert Schweitzer Hospital in African nation of Gabon faces challenges as it evolves from a hospital run by Europeans to one that is integrated with the country it resides in. From PRI's The World. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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India and the rise of drug-resistant germs | India's booming generic drug industry, which has fostered the widespread overuse of antibiotics, is causing bacteria to develop resistance to the drugs. From PRI's The World. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health fears for Mali's refugees | Displaced refugees from Mali face epidemics and a number of other health threats as they move south to escape the military conflict in their capital. From PRI's The World. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pew Study: The great era of Mexican immigration is over | Net migration from Mexico to the U.S. is now zero, due to comparative prosperity of Mexico, tougher border controls, increased deportation of undocumented immigrants, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. From PRI's The World. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lead poisoning from gold mining in Nigeria | In the Nigerian state of Zamfara, a gold boom has led to a medical disaster with more than 400 children dead from lead poisoning and thousands sickened. From Living On Earth. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doctors in Uzbekistan say government forcibly sterilizing women | Some doctors in Uzbekistan claim the Ministry of Health in the country has ruled that doctors must perform surgical sterilizations, sometimes without a woman's consent. From PRI's The World. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why churches could be crucial in Africa's fight against HIV | In the history of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, there's long been a divide between public health advocates and churches, but in Swaziland, the two sides are starting to work together. From PRI's The World. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Female circumcision temporarily stopped in Liberia | Traditional female leaders who operate a powerful secret society in Liberia have agreed to stop female circumcision for several years, while still rejecting any criticism of the cultural practice. From PRI's The World. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The dangers of covering female circumcision in Liberia | A reporter in Liberia lives under constant threat for reporting on female circumcision, a custom that exists in many African countries. From PRI's The World. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Proposed re-mapping of the Amazon could be detrimental to conservation | The Brazilian government recently proposed a re-mapping of the Amazon that would remove protection for more than 200,000 acres of rainforest, including national parks. From Here and Now. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting businesses off the ground in Myanmar | Change is coming fast in Myanmar, but it's not fast enough for many Burmese who want to start businesses in their country. From PRI's The World. | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living on $2 a day in India | Two Indian men experimented with life at the poverty line. Their blogs and media appearances seem to have spurred a movement among middle class Indians to better the lives of some 80 percent of the population. From PRI's The World. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Juarez's revival | Tired of staying in their homes for fear of becoming a victim of the drug violence, the people of Ciudad Juarez are triggering the revival of business for the city's once dormant nightclubs and restaurants. From PRI's The World. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Somalia's famine overlooked among global troubles | American Somalis frustrated by perceived lack of sympathy from global community for current famine in Somalia. From PRI's The World. | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Investors bet on American football in India | A long list of Indian and US investors -- including former NFL player and coach Mike Ditka, and former Green Bay Packers linebacker Brandon O'Neil Chillar -- are betting that the booming economy in India will support American style football. From | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lead poisoning epidemic in Nigeria | A gold rush in Nigeria is contaminating local villages with toxic lead dust. Human Rights Watch says 400 children have died in Northern Nigeria and thousands more are in need of urgent medical help. From PRI's The World. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peru's asparagus boom threatening local water table | Peru has recently become the world's number one exporter of asparagus to places like Europe and the U.S. The boom there has pumped a lot of money into the economy, but it's also pumped out a lot of water. From PRI's The World. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gabon's eco-tourism efforts stumble | A decade ago Gabon established more than a dozen new national parks. But the story of one big tourism investor shows the difficulty of actually getting the tourism dollars flowing. From PRI's The World. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tracking down Haiti's first cholera case | Two Boston-based doctors think they've identified the first Haitian who caught cholera and then spread the disease to others after an earthquake hit the island two years ago. Cholera has taken the lives of some 7,000 Haitians and sickened about a | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rural India turns to solar power | Sonia Narang reports from southern India on the growth of solar power in rural parts of the country. Small loans have made solar panels available to homes and businesses that otherwise suffer from India's severe electricity shortage. From | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rwandans welcome HPV vaccine program | In Rwanda, where even birth control is controversial, the vaccine against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus is being widely administered. From Here and Now. | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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California Rotarians fights AIDS in Africa | Rotarians in Los Altos, Calif. first focused on AIDS in the 1980s when the disease was still considered taboo by many. The group got involved after two people with ties to the group became infected with the disease. The group's new initiative | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mystery kidney disease in Central America | Across Central America, large numbers of men are dying from kidney disease. The cause is unknown, but a growing body of evidence suggests that hard manual labor -- especially in the region's sugarcane fields -- is partly to blame. From PRI's | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Urban farming in the slums of Africa | In the slums of Nairobi, residents are "vertical farming" -- using recycled grain sacks filled with rocks and dirt to grow kale, scallions, cabbage and other vegetables. They are unknowingly on the leading edge of urban agriculture. From | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mozambique Coal Rush | Coal is abundant in Mozambique, and international mining companies will soon begin exporting coal from the region to China and India. But health and environmental concerns may be overlooked as coal exports bring billions of dollars to the country. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Congo's decrepit roadways keep the country under-developed | Congo is one of the most unstable and least developed countries in the world. One thing that makes the country hard to govern is the decrepit state of its roadways. Poor roads are a cause of many of Congo's problems, but they're also a | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rwanda aspires to become the 'Singapore of Africa' | With few natural resources and high poverty, Rwanda is looking to become a regional services center and IT hub, something like the Singapore of Africa. From PRI's The World. | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Education in Libya After Gaddafi | From primary to university level, Libya's national curriculum is now being cleansed of Gaddafi's far-reaching influence. From PRI's the World. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hard Lessons for American Midwife Volunteer in Haiti | A pregnant mother in Haiti is 50 times more like to die in childbirth than an American woman. One Seattle midwife saw first-hand the troubles that plague the Haitian healthcare system. From PRI's the World. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mobile phones lead innovation in developing world | New cell phone technology is having some big implications for the developing world. From The Takeaway. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reaching seven billion: The history of population control | As the planet reaches 7 billion people, the figure means much more than just babies being born. Author Michael Connolly describes how changes in the developing and third worlds have helped and hindered the global population. From The Takeaway. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eradicating Guinea worm | Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated smallpox but we are now close to eliminating a second: dracunculiasis or Guinea worm disease. From Here and Now. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Circumcising more than One Million Men in Zimbabwe | The southern African nation of Zimbabwe has launched a bold effort to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It aims to circumcise 1.2 million men in seven years. From PRI's The World. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Myanmar Takes U-Turn on Controversial Dam Project | The government of Myanmar announced Friday it was halting construction of a major hydroelectric dam. From PRI's The World. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mental Health Not Getting Enough Attention From UN | The United Nations has made it a goal to improve maternal and child health, but mental health issues around the world remain woefully overlooked. | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How we see Africa | Despite the incredible diversity across the African continent, the American media still portray Africa as a wasteland plagued by malnutrition and AIDS, useful only for diamonds and safaris. Scott Baldauf of The Christian Science Monitor gives a more | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebuilding Kabul | An international organization is restoring a historic neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan that was devastated by the war. From The World. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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HIV discrimination for Africa's pregnant women | Some women are being pressured or forced to not have children due to a fear that they may be born HIV positive. From The World. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Over-treating malaria in Africa | Doctors in Africa are treating patients for malaria before they are diagnosed with the disease, causing wasted money and unnecessary heath risks. From PRI's The World. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 40 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
The best!
This is my favorite podcast! It definitely helps that I have an interest in global health but I love the topics that are presented. I feel very informed about issues around the world and the interviews are great! The stories that are covered feel very real and even if I'm a world away I sometimes feel like im right there in the small village with the community or in the middle of of all the action!
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