Sure, the pills may be expired — or fake. But customers flock to the illicit market anyway, saying they have no other choice.

Unscrupulous agencies peddle work to rural job-seekers, then disappear. This leaves migrants without protections — and, in ...

Nine of 10 people needing transplants never find a donor. Updated laws increase the donor pool by allowing transplants from ...

Residents spend as much as 20% of their income on water, yet what comes from their taps is green, dirty and undrinkable. Now, ...

The Limbu community’s six-year battle against the 3 billion Nepali rupee (US$21.8 million) Pathibhara cable car project, ...

Children who relied on foreign aid for school sponsorships and HIV medication now face an uncertain future. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Caroline Mawoyo watches her 16-year-old daughter wash dishes outside ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Days after an emergency cesarean section at a private clinic, Barbara Kwarikunda experienced excruciating pain. “I couldn’t eat,” she says. “I would feel pain whenever someone ...

WAKISO DISTRICT, UGANDA — Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled in January that prosecuting civilians in military courts is unconstitutional. When that happened, Ann was ecstatic. Her brother was approaching ...

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Barnali Das waits outside her doctor’s office with her 4-month-old baby. Dr. Md. Shirajul Islam Sumon treated Das for tuberculosis when she was pregnant. Now, she wants to know why ...