News

World Health Organization (WHO) in a recent study indicated huge health and socio-economic gains of Jal Jeevan Mission. The study estimates that ensuring safely managed drinking water for all households in the country could avert nearly 400,000 deaths caused by diarrheal diseases and prevent...

“Contraception is an essential component of reproductive health care that has only become more important in the wake of Dobbs and the ensuing crisis in women’s access to health care,” a statement from the White House said. Researchers compared the decisions made by about 1,600 uninsured women who...

Access to contraception is fundamental to reproductive autonomy and economic mobility for parents and their children. However, substantial upfront out-of-pocket costs for contraception severely limit access for those without health insurance. Though the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated cost...

Nobel prize-winning economist Esther Duflo has warned that the mortality rate in poor countries could skyrocket as a result of climate change driven by rich nations. Duflo is calling for the introduction of a global tax.

The United States and France have established public funds that invest in innovations addressing the needs of poor people. These social innovation funds, characterized by an open, tiered, and evidence-based approach, have already benefited more than 100 million people and could be a powerful tool in...

VOB, in collaboration with its partners, organized the “Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) in Uganda: From Pilot to Scale” event last week to celebrate the achievements of the program in Uganda thus far.

Varying estimates of poverty have often resulted in some deprived communities being excluded from government welfare schemes. Sabarwal and Chowdhry look at the case of Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana in Bihar, which uses the mechanisms recommended by BRAC’s Graduation Approach and harnesses community...