Gay sex illegal again, rules Indian court
Indian rights activists react to the Supreme Court decision to uphold a law banning gay sex. AP Sex between two same-sex partners is again illegal in India. The Supreme Court reversed a four year old...
View ArticleScience, vaccines and women’s health suffer deadly setbacks in India
Flickr, pugetive If you think the debate over vaccines in the United States can sometimes be a little wacky, take a look at India. And if you think irresponsible politicking and journalism can’t kill,...
View ArticleIndian actor’s satirical answers to fan questions about being gay
Imran Khan, a young leading man in Bollywood, participates in a satirical video to answer questions following the re-authorization of a law in India banning gay acts. He describes how gay people are...
View ArticleUS financial policy to cause short term problems for emerging economies
The recovery of the United States is not great news for emerging economies. The tide of investments that increased over the past few years is heading back out. The news is great for people living in...
View ArticleThis gif shows a massive India with a lot of economic growth to be had
The population of India is massive. Trying to imagine 1.2 billion people (roughly 4x more than the US) is tough. The following two maps put things into perspective. Both compare India’s states and...
View ArticleThe human cost of Qatar’s migrant policies
Doha Construction Site Revelations of the mistreatment of migrants working on the World Cup sites in Qatar continue to bring forward a larger problem in the Middle Eastern nation. The AFP revealed on...
View ArticleGM Cotton is not killing Indian farmers, nor is it saving them
Farmers in India examine cotton for insects. S. Jayaraj The suicides of farmers in India are once again making headlines. Hailstorms and rain have damaged crops for millions of farmers in India, adding...
View ArticleGlobal health advocates celebrate polio milestone despite disease resurgence
The real story, unfortunately, is that polio is making a comeback in other parts of the world. This almost certainly means eradication of this disease is even further off than it had been just a year...
View ArticleVideo humor: American media ignoring rest of the the world
“What are you talking about India for?” asked John McLaughlin, the host of the TV news program the McLaughlin Group. “It’s not even in our hemisphere.” As is getting to be almost routine, the comedy...
View ArticleVisualizing violence against women
Activists shout slogans during a candle lit vigil in New Delhi last week protesting the gang rape and murder of two girls found hanging from a tree in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. AP...
View ArticleUS leadership failing global TB control effort, says report
An elderly man infected with TB walks to the TB clinic in West Bengal, India. Donna Todd While high profile global health issues like AIDS and malaria garner more attention and funding, tuberculosis...
View ArticleNews in the Humanosphere: 2.81 million face hunger in Central America, warns WFP
A severe drought has ravaged crops in Central America and as many as 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves, the World Food Programme said on Friday, though the region’s coffee crop has...
View ArticleNew numbers show 9 million new TB infections in 2013
Some 9 million people developed tuberculosis in 2013, according to the World Health Organization in a report released today. It is a significant increase in the estimated number of people infected,...
View ArticleMeet TB’s new partner in crime: diabetes
For centuries, tuberculosis worked alone. And then AIDS surfaced. HIV/AIDS makes it easier for TB to step in and do its work by suppressing immune systems. Now it is teaming up with diabetes to inflict...
View ArticlePneumonia leads in killing children, but not in global health financing
Pneumonia may be the leading killer of children, but that doesn’t mean it is a priority for global health spending. Only 2 percent of the $30.6 billion in international assistance spent on health care...
View ArticlePatently unfair: On the need for more equitable drug pricing
For this Humanosphere podcast, we are talking to James (aka Jamie) Love, director of an organization that works for social justice and equity in the realm of intellectual property – patents, copyrights...
View ArticleMicrofinance not a quick escape from poverty, studies show
For years, microfinance has been touted as a way to “empower people around the world,” as leading microfinance organization Kiva puts it. Stories are told of people from all parts of the world using...
View ArticleThis superhero takes on violence against women in India
The fight against sexual violence in India has a new ally – a comic book superhero. Priya, a gang-rape survivor, teams up with the Goddess Parvati to put an end to gender-based crimes in India. The...
View ArticleIndia launches campaigns against two neglected diseases
The Indian government is undertaking two major campaigns in the span of one month to protest hundreds of millions of Indians against soil-transmitted helmins and lymphatic filariasis – or worms and...
View ArticleThe complex story of India’s job-producing and environment-destroying coal mines
When Sean Peoples set out for India’s Meghalaya State last April, the plan was to tell the story of migrant and child labor in the region’s coal mines. The story quickly changed when India’s National...
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