Polio’s Return After Near Eradication Prompts a Global Health Warning

Alarmed by the spread of polio to several fragile countries, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Monday for only the second time since regul...

Stephen Hawking Gives His Voice To Children Of Syria

Professor Stephen Hawking is featured in the latest TV ad by Save the Children giving his voice to the children of Syria. The ad tackles the worst humanitarian crisis of ou...

Polio Continues To Be A Major Threat For Millions Of Children

While great strides have been taken in ridding the world of polio there are four countries where the disease continues to endanger the lives of children. The countries wher...

UNICEF begins polio vaccination campaign in Middle East

UNICEF announced on Monday that the organization and its partners began the largest-ever coordinated polio vaccination campaign in the Middle East following the return of t...

Participant Media And USC’s Media Impact Project Collaborate To Measure Social Impact Of Entertainment

Team Will Examine the Power of Storytelling to Inspire Social Change

(LOS ANGELES, March 5, 2014) – In...

Angelina Jolie helping Syrian children bigger news than celebrity feud

In a celebrity news photo of Angelina Jolie released by Getty Images on Feb. 24, 2014, the actress and mother of six was seen visiting Syrian children of families who are p...

UNICEF taking charge to safeguard children in Lebanon from Polio

The launch of an unprecedented mass polio vaccination campaign at Omariya and
across Lebanon is well and truly underway.

UNICEF, in collaboration with the Mini...

Recent poll by gender experts rate Egypt as unfit for women

As per a poll of gender experts, Egypt has been rated as the worst country in terms of women’s
rights, reasons that have been stated range from sexual harassment...

Polio outbreak creates a stir in the Syrian Arab Republic

The confirmation of about thirteen cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has created
waves of tension in the Syrian Arab Republic. Similar strains have also been iden...