Coronavirus crisis threatens to cut off clean electricity lifeline for poor
Off-grid electricity providers fear customers who lose jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be unable to make payments, while broader financing dries up
How does the WHO help the world's most vulnerable people?
Founded in 1948, the WHO has been instrumental in tackling diseases in countries across Africa and Asia
Coronavirus: Africa braces for impact 'like nothing we have seen'
With ventilators scarce and social distancing a luxury, COVID-19 cases are rising on the continent. But some hope lessons from Ebola have left governments better prepared
Coronavirus spotlights risks of swelling slums in Africa's cities
In Africa's megacities access to clean water is unreliable, and with many slum families living in just one room, social distancing is hard
The Thomson Reuters Foundation joins ground-breaking partnership to combat the worst forms of child labour
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is part of the PACE consortium, a cross-sector partnership of six organisations working to combat the exploitation of children in the worst forms of child labour in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.
UN aid chief on coronavirus: 'No one is safe until everyone is safe'
The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to Mark Lowcock as the United Nations announced a $2 billion plan to fight the virus in crisis areas
World TB Day 2020: The diseases that remain global threats
Diseases like tuberculosis and malaria largely ravage low-income countries, with the situation made worse by poor nutrition and sanitation
OPINION: Coronavirus and the least developed countries
We can't let coronavirus wreak further havoc in countries already suffering because of poverty and war
No water! No fear! Kenya's community leaders step up to coronavirus challenge
Residents of Nairobi's sprawling informal settlement of Kibera set up handwashing stations to fight coronavirus
Congolese rape survivors re-enact trauma in new film
The movie SEMA, meaning "speak out" in Swahili, is a fictional story about two rape survivors in their struggle to rebuild their lives and combat stigma