Untold Stories

Dozens of bystanders look on as they watch rescuers in a helicopter search the site of a capsized cruise boat on Lake Victoria near Mutima village, south of Kampala, Uganda, on a grey, cloudy day.

The Push to Prevent Drownings in Uganda

Workers toss bright orange marigolds into the air, against a bright blue sky.

Enter the Untold Global Health Stories of 2025 Contest

A brick building in Nyarugusu refugee camp’s main health post labeled Op Theatre

Socialized for Scarcity: Surgical Care in Tanzania’s Remote Refugee Camps

Blessing Abosede with her son Iyanu. Abiodun Jamiu

Maternal Health

In Nigeria, Hospitals Are Unlawfully Detaining Newborns to Force Payment of Medical Bills

Medical students travel on a bus to GF Jooste hospital on October 20, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.

Fortify the Frontlines with Fellowships for LMIC Docs

A woman at Akinlapa oil farm filters the fresh palm fruits. Abiodun Jamiu

Delicious and Nutritious: The Unrealized Potential of Red Palm Oil

Sunrise in the Transkei region in Eastern Cape Province, one of the poorest and most rural of South Africa’s 9 provinces.

Noncommunicable Diseases

Strapped for Time and Resources: Fighting Stroke in Rural South Africa

A maternity matron holds 2 baby girls, the first children conceived through IVF in Kenya, May 2006. Image: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty

Infertility as a Neglected Disease

Meeting surrounding the kickoff for the HelmVit study on schistosomiasis during pregnancy and its effects on the infants immune system (Prof. da Costa is second from left). Image by Eva Arnold

A Neglected Disease, A Lab Researcher, And Real Life

Journalist Hannah McNeish documented hemophilia's devastation and hope in Kenya. Image: Courtesy

More Than a Medical Story: A Q&A with Hannah McNeish

Jane Mugasha coordinates hemophilia services for the Mount Kenya region.

The Muranga Solution: Extending Hemophilia Care to Rural Kenya

Ethan Miruka, 10, receives blood clotting medicine every 48 hours, a procedure that his mother carries out in their family home. It allows him to carry on a normal life.

Hemophilia’s Crippling Cost