Local Reporting Inititiave

Veena Dhiman, a farmer-trainer from Nagrota Bagwan, with one of the indigenous cows she purchased to replace her jersey cows when she shifted to natural farming methods.

Environmental Health

Can Natural Farming Improve Farmers’ Health?

Javed Ahmed Padroo displays a photo of his wife, Ruqiya Javed, on his cellphone. Anantnag, Kashmir, April 21.

Maternal Health

In Kashmir, Pregnant Women Were Denied Care over COVID-19 Fears

Zahoor Ahmed Bhat stands outside his house in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir with the stretcher that his wife, Shakeela AkhterAkhter died on before she could get to an emergency maternal health care center. Image by Aliya Bashir.

Maternal Health

In Kashmir, Coronavirus Pushed Already-Broken Maternal Health over the Brink

A baby who is suffering from respiratory disease receives treatment inside at Dhaka Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 24, 2021. Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Child & Adolescent Health

How to Reduce Child Deaths After Hospital Discharge

Extreme heat means few customers and little rest for Habib Khan, 65, a banana vendor outside Delhi. Image: Swagata Yadavar

As Heat Kills in India, Action Plans Save Lives

Portugal’s first monkeypox patients were diagnosed at Hospital Santo Antonio Dos Capuchos in Lisbon in early May.

Infectious Diseases

Parties, Symptoms, Mysteries: An Early Monkeypox Patient in Portugal

Karupayee with M. Raja and A. Vincent of the Mahelerecen Leprosy center in Madurai, India. March, 2022. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

How COVID-19 Set Back India’s Battle with Leprosy

Custom-made microcellular rubber sandals are manufactured and given free of charge to patients at The Leprosy Mission Trust Hospital in Dayapuram, Manamadurai, for relief from foot ulcers and the management of leprosy-related disabilities. Kamala Thiagarajan

Neglected Diseases

Why Leprosy Persists in India

Representatives from 194 member states gather for the opening of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20, 2019. Image: Brian W. Simpson

The World Health Assembly: What It Does, Why It Matters

Esther Sambiri, 16, a volunteer health communicator, advocates for the HPV vaccine in the eastern district of Nyanga, Zimbabwe. Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Global Health NOW’s Local Reporting Initiative: Storytelling at the Source

sther Sambiri, left, stands with fellow vaccine advocates outside the Nyanga, Zimbabwe, district government office on Dec. 16, 2021. Image: Farai Mutsaka

Infectious Diseases

In Zimbabwe, COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust Stokes HPV Vaccination Fears

Mary Ndira sist outside their house next to a drainage in Kibera slums on March 2, 2022 Photo-Dominic Kiruli

As Population Climbs, Hygiene Suffers in Slums