Joanne Silberner

The World

Prioritizing Cancer

Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, criticizes governments and foundations for overlooking cancer as an important issue in the developing world. In an interview with reporter Joanne Silberner, Horton urges political leaders to take up the cause.

Prioritizing Cancer

Cancer's New Battleground: Infectious diseases a leading cancer cause

Cancer's New Battleground: Infectious diseases a leading cancer cause
A young Burkitt's lymphoma patient.

Part IV: The Infectious Connection

Part IV: The Infectious Connection

Cancer's New Battleground: In India, a simple test of vinegar makes all the difference

Cancer's New Battleground: In India, a simple test of vinegar makes all the difference

Cancer's New Battleground: In Haiti, breast cancer presents stark choices

Cancer's New Battleground: In Haiti, breast cancer presents stark choices

Cancer's New Battleground: In Uganda, Jackson Orem fighting to establish cancer care

Cancer's viewed by many as a disease of the developed world. Alternately, it's viewed as too hard or too expensive to prevent or treat. But often, those views simply aren't true. In Uganda, Dr. Jackson Orem, the country's first, and for a time only, cancer doctor is showing the way.

Cancer's New Battleground: In Uganda, Jackson Orem fighting to establish cancer care

Cancer's Global Reach

Cancer's Global Reach

Global mental health issues woefully overlooked

The United Nations has made it a goal to improve maternal and child health, but mental health issues around the world remain woefully overlooked.

Global mental health issues woefully overlooked

Mental Health Not Getting Enough Attention From UN

Mental health advocates are upset that the UN is not focusing attention on mental health.

Mental Health Not Getting Enough Attention From UN

Ugandans with Mental Illness Learn to Fit In

In developing countries, even when people with mental illness receive medical treatment, they often have trouble fitting in. A program in Uganda aims to change that by training people with mental illness to earn a livelihood. Joanne Silberner reports.

Ugandans with Mental Illness Learn to Fit In