Circumcising more than One Million Men in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is planning to circumcise more than a million men in seven years in a effort to reduce the spread of HIV.

Botswana’s Infant Circumcision Campaign

Officials in Botswana are promoting infant circumcision in a campaign to reduce the spread of HIV.

Evangelizing in Swaziland

Over the years I’ve developed an unenviable reputation as a serial track-changer. That is, I put on a bit of music for a friend, eagerly await the looks of rapture I assume will surely come over them, and then—either when said looks don’t appear or I think of something better to play—I change the track [...]

Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor is remembered by many people around the globe as a dedicated AIDS activist. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. Download MP3

Salad spinner centrifuge

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Doctors in developing countries need a cheap centrifuge to test blood samples for anemia. Some university students think they have one. It’s a salad spinner tricked out with test tubes. The students are taking it out for field tests in Ecuador and Swaziland. The World’s Clark Boyd reports. Download MP3

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Fighting blindness in Ethiopia

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Health problems that afflict the world’s poor have received unprecedented attention in recent years. Governments and foundations alike are pouring billion of dollars into the fights against diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. But medical workers who focus on lesser known diseases say their efforts remain as difficult as ever. Reporter Odette Yousef traveled to Ethiopia to follow the struggles of one American organization that’s fighting trachoma, a leading cause of blindness in Africa.