200 Years of World Health and Wealth in Four Minutes
Two hundred countries. Two hundred years. Four minutes. That’s what you just saw, narrated by visual-data guru Hans Rosling. If my professors taught like that, I definitely would’ve paid more...
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[Video] The World’s Biggest Commercial
Rotary International is asking the world to join their fight against polio. Here’s why. The global eradication of polio has been Rotary International‘s highest priority since 1985. Spanning 200...
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Man-to-Man with Rotarian and Polio-Survivor Ramesh Ferris – Part 1
Ramesh Ferris is a modern-day warrior on a mission to eradicate polio. To honor Rotary’s 108th Anniversary and their efforts to eradicate polio Born in 1979 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Ramesh Ferris...
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Man-to-Man with Rotarian and Polio-Survivor Ramesh Ferris – Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with Ramesh Ferris, a modern-day warrior on a mission to eradicate polio. To honor Rotary’s 108th Anniversary and their efforts to eradicate polio In Part 1 we spoke with...
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Masks Off – A Challenge to Men
Slam Poet Jeremy Loveday says #MensLetsTalk about gender violence Earlier this year, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that 1 in 3 of the world’s women have or will experience...
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The Way Millennials Give, and Why it Should Concern Us
Millenials give to charity in dramatically different ways than their predecessors. Last month, The Chronicle of Philanthropy conducted an in-depth study on the future of philanthropy in America. The...
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Today is World Polio Day
Rotary International’s #EndPolioNow campaign and the ongoing battle to eradicate a debilitating disease. How are you observing World Polio Day? The movement to eradicate polio came into my radar about...
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The Soprano’s Guide to Mental Health
What’s the point in talking when nobody is listening? —- Guys don’t like to talk about it. We’d rather suffer in silence until it’s unbearable. We just “man up” and get used to our misery. Like good...
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Parasite Resistance Imperils Our Last Effective Malaria Drug
Malaria kills over 1 million people each year, and our most effective drug against it is failing. By Simon Cotton, University of Birmingham Scientists in France have found how the genes of the...
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I Was Jailed for My Work on HIV in Iran, But the Tide is Turning
The inspirational story of two brothers who worked to combat HIV, and the Iranian government who wanted to quiet them. By Kamiar Alaei, The State University of New York Brothers, Kamiar and Arash...
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Navigating the Moral Maze of Medical Research Requires a Strong Steer
Outsourcing clinical trials, especially when it’s to developing countries, can lead to exploitation. *** By Carwyn Hooper, St George’s, University of London 2013 was an auspicious year for medical...
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The Scarlet Isle: The Politics of Male Sex Work in Ireland
Male sex workers have been ignored in the Irish prostitution debate. By Paul Maginn, University of Western Australia and Graham Ellison, Queen’s University Belfast Both Northern Ireland and the...
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How to Feed Nine Billion People, and Feed Them Well
We’ve failed to feed the world’s current population. What does that mean for the 9 billion we’ll need to feed by 2050? By Zareen Bharucha, University of Essex Resource-intensive agriculture, despite...
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Preventing Sexual Abuse is a Public Health Issue
We need a responsible, open discussion that acknowledges the part we all can play in preventing and responding to sexual abuse. By Carol McNaughton Nicholls, NatCen Social Research and Stephen...
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Water For People: Year in Review and What’s to Come
Ned Breslin, CEO of @WaterForPeople, recaps the amazing work they did in 2013 and charts what they hope to do in 2014. The best part of my job will always be that I get to meet great human beings from...
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News to Know: India Eradicated Polio, 3 Years Ago
In 2009 India was home to half of the world’s polio cases. They haven’t had a case since January 2011. How did this happen? Global collaboration. — When the international news coming out of India is...
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A Social Movement to Fight AIDS, Malaria and TB
In the past decade we’ve made huge advances in several important global health indicators. Why? Stronger relationships between science and social movements. — Mark Dybul is the Executive Director of...
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Raising the Red Flag: The Global Plea for Help After Ebola
Brittni Brown examines the rise of new concerns on the heels of the decreasing Ebola epidemic in Western Africa. ––– The steady decrease in the number of new Ebola cases in Western Africa is certainly...
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Global Health and Wellbeing: Here is How Your Voice Can be Heard!
Change the face of men’s health by taking the Global health and Wellbeing Survey. ––– If we gave you the chance to voice your opinions and help influence the state of men’s health, would you take it?...
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200 Years of World Health and Wealth in Four Minutes
Two hundred countries. Two hundred years. Four minutes. That’s what you just saw, narrated by visual-data guru Hans Rosling. If my professors taught like that, I definitely would’ve paid more...
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