U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

U.N.'s Ban Launches Bid to Stamp Out Cholera in Haiti

By Michelle Nichols | Dec 12, 2012 09:23 AM EST

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a $2.2 billion initiative to stamp out cholera over the next decade in impoverished Haiti.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

NY's Bloomberg Aims to Save Mothers, Children in Tanzania

By Michelle Nichols | Oct 03, 2012 09:08 AM EDT

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday he is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers and their children during the next three years.

Haiti

UN: Haiti Struggling to Cope With Cholera as Aid Withdrawn

By Michelle Nichols | Sep 01, 2012 09:58 AM EDT

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Friday that Haiti was struggling to cope with a cholera epidemic that has killed thousands.

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