Growing Up Chinese in Uruguay
When the Dutch liner S.S. Boissevan docked in the port of Montevideo in March 1953, it brought my family all the way from Hong Kong to settle in Uruguay. There were eight of us, my father…
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Theme: Children and Youth
Climate Change and Resource Pressures
Droughts in already dry places are lasting longer because of climate change and human intervention, but sometimes it’s hard to distinguish where climate change leaves off and human exploitation of natural resources begins…
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Hips (and Numbers) Don’t Lie
The first time I remember singing was as a five-year-old on the way to the beach. Going to the beach is almost sacred—you have to go to the beach every Sunday when you live in a coastal…
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Zika and Abortion
That was the essence of the recommendation the Ministry of Health in El Salvador made on January 21…
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Mapping Childhood Malnutrition in Chiapas, Mexico
This summer, I worked as a researcher with Compañeros En Salud (CES), a sister organization to Partners in Health. It provides high-quality, primary health care to…
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