STWR - Share The World's Resources

A "toxic combination" of bad policies, economics and politics is killing people on a large scale, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The AIDS epidemic in southern Africa is so severe that it should be classed as a disaster comparable to floods or famine, a new study by the Red Cross said Thursday.

The cover of 'The Least Developed Countries Report 2007' shows two distorted maps above one another, signifying the disparity between countries possessing a great deal of commercial knowledge and the impoverished nations.

Each year at least 1.16 million newborns die in sub-Saharan Africa within the first 28 days of life, making the region the world’s most dangerous to be born in, yet more than two thirds of these infants could be saved with low cost, low tech action, according to a United Nations-backed report.

An investigation of the different facets of the poor-rich health divide, factors that play a role in health disparities, and approaches for improving the health of the poor.