2025-09-29 12:00:00
For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-aid-saved-millions" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6b1dbe69-36c2-4089-8865-00bfba0e7200/w=1350"/></a>
2025-09-22 12:00:00
A common bacterium can dramatically reduce the spread of dengue fever and other tropical diseases.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/wolbachia-neglected-tropical-diseases" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b73cc19b-5461-4c8f-99dd-5ff063cbd900/w=1350"/></a>
2025-09-18 12:00:00
“Clearing the Air” is available now.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/hannah-ritchie-new-book" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/27999dbd-d329-40fe-1284-0661acb16100/w=1350"/></a>
2025-09-08 12:00:00
The death rate per mile driven has declined 22-fold since 1950.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/britain-safest-roads-history" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9fdccbaa-9640-4113-6d2a-93ab2ce2fa00/w=1350"/></a>
2025-09-01 12:00:00
Pesticide poisoning is a common method of suicide in many low- to middle-income countries. Banning highly toxic pesticides and substituting them with less fatal ones can save lives.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/pesticide-bans-suicide-prevention" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d8cbf8af-42ff-4bb4-7704-444383efb400/w=1350"/></a>
2025-08-25 12:00:00
People in high-income countries could dramatically improve lives worldwide with minimal financial commitment, yet few do.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/global-inequality-opportunity-to-give" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/4a07a4c2-8070-489b-cb46-62dc93a64700/w=1350"/></a>
