Banks of the holy Ganges river in Varanasi / © Sharon Guynup

Dirty Water

“If public health is the issue, point-source pollution from untreated sewage is over 90 percent of the problem.” ­
—Veer Bhadra Mishra

Illustration by  J.T. Morrow

Ag lag: Can Science & Good Policy Finally Feed Everyone?

“Debates on how agriculture can or should proceed frequently degenerate into circular either/or arguments over the merits or demerits of biotechnology versus organic or agroecological methods of agricultural production.”

Ten Innovations in Global Health

Technology and ingenuity applied to real problems can transform people’s lives—here’s how

Illustrations by Christina Bolt

The Path to a Malaria Vaccine

Just what does it take to create an effective vaccine for malaria?

A patron poses outside one of Accra’s many thriving fast  food establishments / Photo by Olivier Asselin

Fries in Fresno, Burgers in Batu, Soda in Soweto

It’s estimated that tobacco use kills more than five million people per year—an average of one person every six
seconds—and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide.