Blog, Infectious Diseases, Merck for Mothers

Featured Video: What Invention Are You Waiting For?

When people think about new inventions, 95% of them immediately begin thinking about tech inventions, but what about medical inventions that save lives? Merck recently launched a video that asked Americans what invention they are waiting for. Take a look. Did you know 68% of Americans cannot name a single scientist working to invent medicine? Merck has been working for over a century on medicines … Continue reading Featured Video: What Invention Are You Waiting For?

Jennifer JamesApril 20, 2017April 25, 2017Leave a comment

Africa, Blog, Malaria/ Tuberculosis

[Photos] Inside a Malaria Treatment Center

I have been told enough harrowing personal stories and have read enough reports to understand contracting malaria isn’t a cakewalk. And for children (especially those under the age of five) and expectant mothers malaria can be deadly. Fortunately with rapid diagnosis and malaria treatments children as well as adults can experience speedy recoveries from a disease that is both debilitating and potentially fatal. While in … Continue reading [Photos] Inside a Malaria Treatment Center

Jennifer JamesNovember 18, 2013November 18, 20132 Comments

Africa, Blog, Communicable Disease, Frontline Health Workers, Malaria/ Tuberculosis

Can $1 Really Save a Life?

Can $1 really save a life? Global malaria eradication NGO, Malaria No More, says yes. With Power of One (Po1), Malaria No More’s new, innovative campaign that takes the power of people’s desire to do good coupled with a low price point to online and mobile philanthropy, Malaria No More is on a mission to close the perpetual gaps between malaria testing and treatment in some of … Continue reading Can $1 Really Save a Life?

Jennifer JamesSeptember 27, 2013Leave a comment

Africa, Blog, Reporting, Updates

[Photo Gallery] Visual Storytelling in Zambia

From mid July through the end of the month I traveled throughout Zambia covering stories about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria with the International Reporting Project as an IRP Zambia Fellow. I joined nine other new media journalists who put a new spin on traditional reporting of these infectious diseases. You can read my published pieces so far below and see some of my photos from … Continue reading [Photo Gallery] Visual Storytelling in Zambia

Jennifer JamesJuly 30, 2013June 4, 2014Leave a comment

Africa, Blog, HIV / AIDS, Insight Trips, Malaria/ Tuberculosis, Reporting

Reporting from Zambia with the International Reporting Project

As I mentioned a few weeks ago I will be reporting from Zambia as an International Reporting Project Zambia Fellow starting on July 15. I will be in Africa with nine stellar new media journalists. We all have our own beats and will report on different angles about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. I personally will report on how these infectious diseases acutely affect mothers and … Continue reading Reporting from Zambia with the International Reporting Project

Jennifer JamesJuly 12, 2013June 4, 20141 Comment

Asia, Blog, Maternal Health, Non-Communicable Disease, Popular Posts, Poverty

The Narrowing Health Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries

The World Health Organization released its annual World Health Statistics report. In the report the WHO looked at all of its global regions to see how countries fared in various global data stats including maternal and child mortality, life expectancy, and health coverage as examples. “Intensive efforts to achieve the MDGs have clearly improved health for people all over the world,” says Dr Margaret Chan, … Continue reading The Narrowing Health Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries

Jennifer JamesMay 21, 2013May 21, 20131 Comment