Since its conception in 2006, the Global Engagement Summit has hosted undergraduates and recent graduates from over 40 counties and 50 universities, with more than 35 global nonprofits for five days of exchange and capacity building at Northwestern University, in Chicago, IL. Through workshops, direct mentorships with nonprofit leaders, and outcome opportunities, GES delegates develop projects in microfinance, community development, global health, sustainable engineering, and many other change-b more...

Vision:
YALDA envisions an international network of inspired, empowered and proactive young African leaders who hold influential decision-making positions, are running their own organizations or companies, culminating in a prosperous and developed African continent.

Mission:
YALDA provides a forum for youth on the African continent and those abroad with a commitment to the welfare of Africa. By networking with professionals, mentors and each other, members will increase their capacity to t more...

WHO's Global School Health Initiative, launched in 1995, seeks to mobilise and strengthen health promotion and education activities at the local, national, regional and global levels. The Initiative is designed to improve the health of students, school personnel, families and other members of the community through schools.
The goal of WHO's Global School Health Initiative is to increase the number of schools that can truly be called 'Health-Promoting Schools'. Although definitions will vary, de more...

November 20, 2008 -- In a first-ever joint statement, more than thirty winners of the Nobel Peace Prize today called for urgent action to implement quality education and build peace in conflict-affected countries. The Nobel Laureates, including President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, urged world leaders to pay more attention to the educational needs of more the 37 million children who live in fragile states and are unable to go to school.

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The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and partners are requesting funding proposals from women’s rights and HIV/AIDS coalitions in southern and eastern Africa with the aim of developing submissions to the Global Fund that address the vulnerabilities of women and girls.

'Pregnancy and childbirth are deadly to more than half a million women worldwide every year—a fact that is unacceptable, but not unavoidable. These women are typically poor, uneducated and living in rural areas or urban slums. Despite 20 years of campaigning to improve the reproductive health of women throughout the world, the risk of dying in pregnancy or childbirth shows the largest gap between the rich and poor of all development statistics. The uneven distribution of health services, the c more...

Breastfeeding versus bottle feeding did not result in differing 18-month survival rates in HIV-free infants of HIV-infected mothers in a large South African cohort study. But among children alive at 6 months of age, the probability of HIV-free survival did differ between those breastfed for fewer than 6 months versus more than 6 months. This nonrandomized intervention cohort included 1193 infants whose mothers were counseled on appropriate feeding choices, then supported in their choice. Researc more...

'For the third time, the Global Forum and The Lancet have jointly invited young professionals (under 30) working on or interested in the broad spectrum of research for health to participate in the Young Voices essay competition.This year, young professionals were asked to share their concerns about climate change and health and to invigorate the research for health community with fresh perspectives and idealistic visions regarding research challenges for vulnerable populations.There is irrefutab more...

'A report on Pathfinder's Youth-Friendly Postabortion Care project in eight African countries. The project was implemented June 2007 to May 2008 with the goal of increasing access to PAC services that are responsive to adolescents' special needs.'

'This tool is designed to help assessment teams, project managers, supervisors, and providers collect detailed information on the quality of Postabortion Care (PAC) services provided to adolescents at a given facility in order to make services more youth friendly.'