Is a Free Pair of Glasses Enough?
Not on its own. Glasses help children learn, the research says, but only if they wear them. And many don’t.
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Health
Clean water, nutrition, eyesight and preventing disease. What research says keeps children healthy enough to learn and grow.
How this fits our mission Every child deserves the chance to flourish. Health is about growing up healthy: often simple things, like a bed net or clean sanitation, keep a child well and in school.
How a Simple Photo is Helping Defeat a Deadly Disease
Identifying a mosquito used to take an expert and a microscope. Now a phone and a cheap lens can do it in seconds.
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Can a Toilet Full of Worms Help Keep Children Healthy?
Billions of people still have no safe toilet. A simple design that uses worms instead of sewers is one of the ideas trying to change that.
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What Protects Children From Malaria? Bed Nets and What Else Works
Every night, millions of children sleep under a mosquito net. How much does it actually do, and what else protects children from malaria?
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Could Perfume Help Us Fight Mosquitoes?
What if the soap you already use could also keep mosquitoes away? A fragrance company is testing exactly that.
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