Regional Stories
Roberto Valenzuela, Bolivia
The birthplace of 30-year-old Roberto Valenzuela, the Nuevo Amanecer neighborhood in El Alto, Bolivia, is more than 4,150 meters above sea level. Roberto is an urban artist, break dancer, and representative of the citizens´ collective of the Manq´a (“food” in the Aymara language) Cooking Schools.
The Manq´ a…
I came from Mutatá here to the city of Medellin looking for a job, I worked in several companies and then the companies broke with each other...
A mere mention of Costa Rica can conjure up images of tropical rainforests, beaches, volcanoes and some of the most diverse flora and fauna on the planet—a country that has placed itself squarely on the global ecotourism map. Yet there is one aspect of this Central American nation that is, perhaps, less known: its decades-long fight against…
Latin America is a world example in the fight against this disease. Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico have already eliminated onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. The yanomami territory in Brazil and Venezuela is the last stronghold for eliminating this disease in the region.
June 2018
This downed tree over this house seemed to convey that in a way that other images couldn't. Huge and mighty, the soil became so saturated, even it's roots could not maintain grip. It toppled over directly on top of the home of Victor Sierra.
Hurricane Maria was one of the deadliest storms to devastate the Caribbean. When it touched down in Puerto…
Irene and Vanuza are Community Health Agents from São Paulo, Brazil. They go from house to house promoting the yellow fever vaccination campaign. They give an appointment that includes the day and place of vaccination, thus avoiding a long wait at the health units (video in Spanish only)
Cholera vaccination in the city of Les Cayes, Sud Department, Haiti
Amalia Jean Simon, 10 years old, was one of the first to approach the cholera vaccination post in the city of Les Cayes to get the oral cholera vaccine.
On December 1, 2017 Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis were certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
“This elimination is the result of our strong political commitment to public health and of making the…