In the United States, tuberculosis (TB) is not much on the mind of Americans in the country where 8,300 cases were reported in 2022, making the incidence rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 persons, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Compare that...
Even in this increasingly digital age, students of all ages all around the world still rely on the printed page and the books they’re contained in for much of their educational growth and progress – especially for those in sub-Saharan African countries where...
Mother’s Day is celebrated each year on the second Sunday in May in the United States, this year on May 14, and also on that day around the world in countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe where our partners the Lewa Children’s Home, the...
Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and girls and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25 percent in the past two years in a dozen countries, for the most part all located in sub-Saharan Africa, including countries where Bread and Water for Africa® works such as...
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2022 issued in December, there were 247 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2021 resulting in 619,000 deaths with the WHO African Region continuing to carry a disproportionately high share of...
When 12-century philosopher Maimonides wrote about the eight degrees of charity, he said: “Lastly, the eighth and most meritorious of all, is to anticipate charity by preventing poverty, namely, to assist the reduced brother…by teaching him a trade, or by...
In Sierra Leone, the challenges are many for more than 8.8 million residents (2023 current est.) who live in a country which spends less than 9 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on healthcare compared to 18.8 percent in the United States in 2020, according...
The Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kericho, Kenya was founded in 1966 in a two-room mud building with the mission of serving children and adults in desperate need of healthcare in a rural region of the country where medical services were extremely limited. And decades...
This Friday, April 7, marks the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s World Health Day when “in 1948 countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain...
Tanzania is an African country located between the continent's eastern and central regions. With a population of roughly 63.3 million people, it is one of the most populous countries in Africa. Tanzania has a diversified economy featuring both industry and...
“Accelerating Change” is the theme of the United Nations’ World Water Day 2023, held annually on March 22 since 1993 to highlight the importance of fresh, clean water and its WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) goals for people throughout the world. At Bread and...
The headlines are disturbing and tragic: “Children face acute risk amid Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak” – The Guardian, March 10, 2023 “Malawi’s deadly cholera epidemic hits the poor hardest” – Reuters, March 9, 2023 And this from Rudolf Schwenk, UN Children’s...