WHO Says Life Expectancy Has Increased By Five Years Since 2000, But Health Inequalities Persist.

Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year's 'World Health Stat...

Access To Digital Technology Accelerates Global Gender Equality

In every industry, digital technologies are transforming the status quo. Now we have evidence that they are also bringing us closer to workplace equality. Digital fluency i...

Factbox: Women's Health - From Maternal Mortality To Child Marriage

COPENHAGEN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Over 5,000 delegates from 150 countries arrive in Copenhagen this week for Women Deliver - a major global conference on the health...

Old Toys Get Donated Limbs To Teach Kids About Organ Transplants

While organ donation is vital, in some countries such as Japan the issue still doesn't receive much attention.

Figures in Japan show that for every 14,000 people on...

Indian Short Film ‘Beti’ At Seattle Film Festival

“Beti”, a non-fiction short film on girl child education, made by young student filmmakers of the city, has been invited for a special screening at the 42nd Sea...

India’s First 3D ‘Trick Art’ Museum In Chennai Looks Super Fun

The first of its kind in the country, a three dimensional ‘trick art’ museum opened in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Monday. Brainchild of renowned artist A P Shreeth...

Kaleidoscope - All That Glitters

China is considered an Asian Tiger and an economic superpower to be feared by the First World countries. In India, Shanghai is seen as a model of urban development, and all...

Outsmarting Polio

While a global campaign to vaccinate every child on the globe has reduced incidence of polio by 99 percent, wiping out the disease in the last handful of countries has prov...

What Effect Does Paid Maternity Leave Have On Infant Mortality?

For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries, infant mortality is reduced by 13 percent.
“A significant number o...