"They were also educating members of the community about nutrition and a healthier diet. The result is simple: the community is healthier than before."

Students, NGOs, institutes, and media: working together, can we solve some of Dhaka's endless traffic problems?

The "Responsible Consumer" campaign in Ecuador is working to improve the national food system, and we are working to understand the campaign and make it more effective.

Sometimes we can move from complaint to action...and create a small but important improvement.

If Indian cities can succeed in reclaiming space from cars and giving it back to people...surely other cities can as well!

I was very inspired after this conversation and also somewhat humbled thinking that I would never have the same understanding as him of the barriers faced by families living in remote, rural areas. Nor would I have the same insights about how to overcome them.

It’s great to see cities like Delhi and Dhaka try to reduce the use of cars...but it would be far better if they chose solutions that have been proven effective elsewhere.

We estimate that through the Pakur project 159 neonatal deaths and 7 maternal deaths were averted. If the program in Pakur was scaled up to reach all of India, each year there would be 770,000 neonatal deaths and 32,000 maternal deaths averted.