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Editor’s Note: We’re re-sharing this post from December 2014 on where we are in the fight against malaria. This post …

Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe At last week’s White House-sponsored summit on violent extremism, U.S. President Barack Obama and ministers from …

(Photo credit: Stuart Ramson for UN Foundation) By Ambassador (Ret.) John E. Lange: Senior Fellow, Global Health Diplomacy, United Nations Foundation February …

A baby gets ready for her vaccinations. In September 2014, partners of the Measles & Rubella Initiative, including the World …

On a sunny, mild day in January, I had the opportunity to accompany a group of international journalists on a …

Imagine being 15 years old, forced to marry an older man, drop out of school, and have a child as …

This week, United Nations Member States continue the intergovernmental negotiations on the “post-2015 development agenda.” Yes, that’s a wonky sentence …

According to a 2004 World Bank report, nearly half of Ethiopia’s population lives in poverty. As of today, February 13, …

Photo: Children in Madagascar are protected from mosquitoes that carry malaria by an insecticide-treated net. Instead of the buying the …

Valentine’s Day is about showing that you care. With news earlier this month from the United Nations World Meteorological Organization …