Quick facts: Ten facts to mark the 30th World AIDS Day
Thomson Reuters Foundation The global campaign to end AIDS has made significant strides but the epidemic remains one of the world’s leading public health challenges, affecting almost 37 million people. Campaigners say one of the biggest challenges in the fight to end AIDS is encouraging people to get tested and making them aware of treatment […]
Quick facts – Five deadliest hurricanes as toll from Hurricane Maria raised
Thomson Reuters Foundation Puerto Rico has this week raised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria to nearly 3,000 following a study ordered by the governor of the US territory. The report found an estimated 2,975 deaths could be attributed directly or indirectly to Maria, the most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean island in […]