The global program Integrity Icon aims to "name and fame" instead of "name and shame." This week, Pakistan honored government employees who did everything from track down killers to evict squatters.

A report issued by the U.N. Development Programme says that the 20th-century thinking about global inequality no longer works in the 21st century.

Dr. Marie-Roseline Bélizaire says the United Nations is failing to keep its medical workers safe.

Government officials say anti-vaccination advocates have complicated their efforts to turn the tide on an epidemic that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children.

The new legislation purports to protect transgender rights — but many trans activists say it does the exact opposite.

Every time we divvy up our money among good causes, we're making a moral judgment about who is most deserving.

Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no-strings-attached cash. Now a new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit.

The two overnight assaults on Ebola response teams also injured at least six people, according to the World Health Organization. The attacks come at a pivotal time for the fight against the disease.

True confession: I will not eat sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving. Or any other time of the year. It all has to do with my Kenyan childhood.

After a controversial reelection in October, the Bolivian leader has sought asylum in Mexico. But despite the turmoil, there is another perspective on the nearly 14 years he held office.

Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same.