![Hands of Selina Aktar, a woman in her late 30s with arsenic-related health conditions that first began appearing 20 years ago.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/201603hhr_bangladesharsenic_1.jpg?itok=4T_DvXuC)
![Hands of Selina Aktar, a woman in her late 30s with arsenic-related health conditions that first began appearing 20 years ago.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/201603hhr_bangladesharsenic_1.jpg?itok=4T_DvXuC)
Deadly Attack on Afghan Hospital a War Crime
Disregard for Medical Neutrality Harms Patients, Health Workers, and the Public
![Smoke rises from a military hospital area at the site of blast and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan March 8, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-03-aghanistan-asia-kabul-hospital-attack-bomb.jpg?itok=Iqukdgkb)
Governments Step Up for Reproductive Rights
‘She Decides’ Summit to Counter Trump’s ‘Global Gag Rule’
![Women and girls wait with their children outside a doctor’s office in Chitwan, Nepal.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/hrw-nepal-cm-18.jpg_442.jpg?itok=551iI91Z)
Fighting for the Affordable Care Act at a Louisiana Town Hall
US Senator’s Public Meeting Overwhelmed by Questions about Obamacare Concerns
![A protester holds a sign at Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy's town hall meeting in Metairie, Louisiana, February 22, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-us-united-states-health-aca-obamacare.jpg?itok=mJopXPU4)
New Law Brings Malawi’s Mining Communities Hope
Villagers Now Able to Seek Information From the Government
![Young girl washing dishes at a borehole near Eland coal mine in Mwabulambo, Karonga district.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-09-africa-malawi-photo-03.jpg?itok=i2GhnPMt)
Ukraine: Dangers, Unnecessary Delays at Crossing Points
Improve Security, Facilities Along the Line of Contact, Facilitate Better Crossing for Civilians
![Civilians waiting at the Novotroitske crossing point in the government-controlled Donetsk region, December 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-ukraine-checkpoints.jpg?itok=fncG_rLQ)
Armenia’s New Strategy to Help Those in Pain
Urgent Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need
![Gurgen G.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/osi_1280x720.jpg?itok=5MH6XbUZ)
Did a Child Get Sick Farming the Tobacco in Your Cigarette?
Companies Shouldn’t Profit From Child Labor in Indonesia’s Tobacco Fields
![Tell tobacco companies to STOP profiting off the backs of child workers in Indonesia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/image.jpg?itok=ErPRvnDy)
Philippine Lawmaker Declares Abusive ‘Drug War’ A Failure
Senator Demands Public Health Strategy for Drug Problem
![Boys undergoing drug rehabilitation are pictured inside a dormitory at a government run rehab center in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines December 12, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-philippines-asia-drug-rehab.jpg?itok=tkNMUxvD)
Widowed, Left with Nothing
![Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-africa-zimbabwe-cover__0.jpg?itok=Bl_vF4DR)
Burma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
New Eyewitness Accounts Show Systematic Attacks Based on Ethnicity, Religion
![A Rohingya Muslim woman walks at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/rtx2zmsa.jpeg?itok=HD9ycn9t)
Kenya’s Government Should Resolve Doctors’ Strike
Desperate Patients Trapped by Two-month Stand-off, Ensuing Life or Death Medical Crisis
![Kenyan doctors chant slogans to demand fulfilment of a 2013 agreement between their union and the government that would raise their pay and improve working conditions outside the employment and labour relations courts in Nairobi, Kenya, January 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-02-kenya-africa-protest-health.jpg?itok=soRerNEV)
Philippine Education Department Says No to Condoms
Setback for Efforts to Curb Fast-Growing HIV Epidemic
![Students receive free condoms at an event organized by the United Nations Population Fund in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, July 11, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-philippines-asia-condoms-reproductive-health-hiv.jpg?itok=AdKum0au)
Americans Brace for the End of the Affordable Care Act
![Demonstrators that include mostly medical students protest a proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act in New York, U.S., January 30, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-united-states-us-health-aca-obamacare.jpg?itok=vGoSO6L8)
Philippines: Police ‘Drug War’ Killings Need Independent Probe
Announced Pause in Anti-Drug Campaign Ignores Thousands of Victims
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