A couple of new studies find that the drug Rotarix can reduce deaths amongst babies with diarrhea. The studies have raised hopes throughout Africa and other under-developed countries on improving survival rates from diarrhea.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced yesterday that they will double their commitment vaccines. The Foundation will put $10 billion dollars in the next decade to the development and distribution of vaccines to under-developed countries.

The Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that another food crisis could occur soon. The FAO says that food production in the under-developed world needs increase to protect those countries from sharp hikes in food prices.

“Stand Up, Take Action” is an event that focuses on the Millennium Development Goals, 7 goals that governments across the world promised to achieve by 2015.

In his latest commentary, Paul Collier frames a new focus for the World Bank and the IMF for the years after the global economic crisis.