Be the Change: Save a Life

Stories and solutions for a global health community.

ABC News Launches The Millions Mom Challenge: Join the Movement Today. here.
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From lifesaving medicine to safe drinking water, here's how you can help to save a life.
Action, Give, Medicine

Running Across America: Team Type 1
diabetes, Team Type 1, running

ABC News Launches The Million Moms Challenge: Join the Movement Today
Million Moms Challenge, Join, Save a Life

Famine in the Horn of Africa: ABC News' David Muir Travels Back to Somalia
Famine, Somalia, Mogadishu

Somalia Famine: Measles Epidemic Hits Mogadishu
Famine, Somalia, Mogadishu

A Cry For Help: Crisis in Somali Deepens with Outbreak of Disease
Famine, Somalia, Mogadishu

Iman and Christy Turlington’s Fashion Week Mission
Fashion Week, Somalia, RED

From Age 2 to 7: Why Are Children Smoking in Indonesia?
Children, Smoking, Indonesia

Dangerous Medicine?: Researcher Pumps Tobacco Smoke Onto Child's Skin
Tobacco, Indonesia, 20/20

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Inside an emergency treatment program in Niger, West Africa.
Rockhopper, Neglected Tropical Disease, Niger

Pneumonia, The Global Killer: Pneumonia kills more young children than anything else.
Rockhopper, Pneumonia, Global Killer

Survival Backpacks: Interim Help for Somali refugees in Kenya
Survival Backpacks, Somalia, Drought

Teaming Up For Change: Actress Drew Barrymore and The World Food Programme
Drew Barrymore, World Food Programme, WFP

World Water Week: A new report finds investment in water has far reaching impacts.
Action, Water Crisis, World Water Week

2011 UN Citizen Ambassador Video Contest: If you had 30 seconds to pitch Ban Ki-moon, what would you say?
UN Citizen Ambassador, Video Contest, Ban Ki-Moon

Photo Journal: Mothers Photos in East Africa, presented by World Vision
World Vison, Jon Warren, Mothers

Kids Count: New study reveals the impact of poverty on children
Children, Poverty, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Cholera Epidemic is Killing Children Weakened by Malnutrition: UN warns epidemic could spread
Drought, Cholera, Somalia

Reinventing the Wheel: An Interview with Cynthia Koenig, a young social entrepreneur
Wello, Water Crisis, India

A New Web Page Set to Help Millions Tackle Malnutrition
World Health Organization, WHO, Nutrition

Maternity Mortality Scandal in South Africa: Maternal Mortality Rate Quadruples
Maternal Mortality, South Africa, Stop Making Excuses

Jill Biden Visits East Africa Famine Refugees: Urges More Americans Assistance
Kenya, Jill Biden, Dadaab Refugee Camp

Excerpts from the ONE Trip That Changed 10 Lives
Kenya, Africa ONE, HIV

A Cry For Help: World News with Diane Sawyer takes you on a trek from famine ravaged Somalia to refugee camps in Kenya
Famine, Somalia, Kenya

Millions Awarded to Save Lives of Mothers and Children
Global Health, AID, Clinton

Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camp: Unable to Accomodate the Growing Need
Kenya, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Famine

It Takes an Army to Solve a Crisis: 3 Ways to to help fight the drought and food crisis impacting over 11.6 million people in East Africa
Africa, Aid, Drought

It’s Not Just a Famine: American Bloggers Head to Kenya to raise awareness on issues on the ground
Kenya, ONE, Africa

Famine in East Africa: Emergency airlift makes it into Somalia.
famine

A Cry For Help: This Week goes inside the famine in East Africa
Africa, Aid, Drought

Sacrificing For Success: Contributed by an American Mom in Kenya with the ONE campaign
ONE, moms, Kenya

OXYVITA: A powder that could help save lives
Oxvita, Africa, Women

Live Stream: Saving Lives at Birth Challenge
Saving Lives at Birth

Toilet for the Future: A Challenge to Reinvent the Toilet
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Toilet Challenge, Toilet

It only takes ONE mom: Exerpts from A Blogger
Mom, Blogger, Kenya

Contributor Content from American Moms with ONE in Kenya: Got Hope?
ONE, moms, Kenya

Your Dollars at Work: Keeping the Bond between Mother and Child Strong
LifeSpring Foundation, Childbirth, Women

Cholera Cases Triple in Haiti: Partners in Health Asks for Help
Cholera, Haiti, Partners in Health

Efforts to Eliminate Polio by 2012 Off Track: Progress Report Finds More Funding Needed
Polio, Global Health, 2012

Somalia Drought: One of the Largest Humanitarian Crises in Decades
Save the Children, UNHCR, Somalia

Bringing Aid to Those in Need: The International Medical Corps Emergency Response Team in Somalia
International Medical Corps Emergency Response, East Africa, Drought

School-Based Deworming Programs: Giving Children Important Lessons for Bright Future
Worms, World Health Organization, Children Without Worms

Saving a Baby's Life, For Less Than a Cup of Coffee
UNICEF, Kiwanis International, The Eliminate Project

"The World Triathalon": A Lawyer from Des Moines Risks it All to Save Lives
Save the Children, Mt. Everest, Charlie Wittmack

New Studies Shows a Major Breakthrough in HIV Prevention
AIDS, HIV, prevention

Hunger Needs Rising in Horn Of Africa Causes Refugee Crisis: Over 10 million Dependent on Humanitarian Aid, Maroon 5 asks you Tweet and they'll donate to the cause
Somalia, Drought, Hunger

An Ancient Cure for an Ancient Curse: A Plant Cures Malaria in Africa
Malaria, UN, Africa

UN calls for greener food production to feed world in 2050
Food Production, Hunger

Girl Up Goes on Tour: Chicago Teens Empower Girls Around the World

Saving Lives, One Phone at a Time: HopePhones at the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival
HopePhone, Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, Dr. Richard Besser

Live Stream the Aspen Ideas Festival June 27-July 3: Ideas Shaping the World
Live Stream, Global Health, Dr. Besser

Meet the Panelists: “Innovations in Global Health: Saving Lives, One Idea at a Time”
"Innovations in Global Health", Dr. Richard Besser, Aspen Ideas Festival

The Mother-Baby Checklist: Ideas saving lives at the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival
Baby Checklist, Safety, Baby Mortality

First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Cape Town: Meets with a Leading HIV/AIDS Prevention Organization
mothers2mothers, Michelle Obama, South Africa

VisionSpring: Improving Lives, Saving Vision
Action, Vision Spring, Bangladesh

The Eighth Annual Games for Change Festival: An Update from Moderator Sheryl WuDunn
games for change, UN food program, zynga.org

World Food Prize Winners: National Leaders Awarded for the First Time in the History of the Prize

Your Dollars at Work: Embrace Infant Warmer Saves Lives in India
Infant, Mortality, Embrace

Good News from DRC: Malnutrition rates are dropping
malnutrition, drc, fao

First Lady Evokes "Yes We Can" on African Trip: Urges African Youth to be the generation that ends HIV/Aids in Africa.
HIV, AIDS, First Lady

Delivering Health and Saving Lives: 3.6 million lives could be saved with midwives
midwives, south africa,

Living Proof: Community Health Volunteers Saving Lives
Midwives, Living Proof, Save the Children

Feeding the Future of Tanzania: US to increase funding for nutrition programs
Feed the Future, Nutrition, Malnutrition

(Un)Holy Waters: Photo Slideshow: Efforts improve water quality so that the millions of worshippers that visit every year can pray and bathe in safety.
Ganges River

Give Blood, Save a Life
action, blood,

Mandy Moore Honors Our Unsung Leaders: Children
malaria, mandy moore, PSI

Saving Children's Lives Worldwide: GAVI Meets Historic Milestone
vaccinations, GAVI, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

Zero new infections, zero stigma and zero AIDS-related deaths within ten years. Is it possible?
Global Health, General Assembly, AIDS

Is the Cell Phone Revolutionizing Health Care? Mobile Technology Is Giving the World's Poorest Access to Health Care
Mobile Health, Mobile Summit, UN Foundation

Countdown to Zero: President Clinton launches a global plan to eliminate HIV infections among children by 2015 and help keep mothers alive.
Countdown to Zero, Global Health, HIV