AIDSFREEAFRICA, The Malaria-Free Zone Program

AIDSFREEAFRICA, The Malaria-Free Zone Program

The Problem In just one three-month period, 180,000 cases of malaria were reported in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Of those cases, approximately 1/3 died. A disease that could have been prevented took 60,000 lives, mostly those of women and children, too soon....
Paper Analytical Device – PAD

Paper Analytical Device – PAD

The Problem About 10% of the pharmaceuticals that are purchased in the developing world are substandard or outright fake drugs. Study after study reveals pervasive poor quality and products that are worthless or even harmful to patients, and since the pharmaceutical...
Arsenic in Rice

Arsenic in Rice

The Problem Naturally occurring arsenic in Bangladesh’s groundwater has been identified as one of the world’s great humanitarian disasters. Millions of people are at risk of cancers and other diseases from eating rice irrigated with water contaminated with the...