'Alarming' C-Section Rates

Plus: What is Kanye wearing? [NPR] editor's note Sometimes I’m editing a story and I just stop what I’m doing because the words I’m reading are so powerful. That happened this week when I was looking at [our interview with Dr. Evan Atar Adaha]( recipient of the U.N.’s Nansen Refugee Award, known as “the other Nobel.” Atar is a surgeon in the most difficult of places – South Sudan, where conflict surrounds him and there are tens of thousands of refugees. When he went there to provide medical care 20 years ago, friends told him, “You will die.” That didn’t stop him. “These people have nowhere to go,” he says. “I would feel guilt the rest of my life if I left people in this situation.” It was a beautiful interview with a beautiful soul. Even in the tense and difficult situation where he operates, Atar takes the time to offer a very human touch, spending time with patients to understand their situation: “When the patients ask questions, you must take the time to explain,” he says. [Read the story here.]( Marc Silver Editor, Goats and Soda in the news [India's #MeToo Movement Gathers Force]( Women are sharing stories of sexual harassment on Facebook and Twitter. This week, a government official resigned in the wake of allegations -- although he denies the charges leveled against him. [Report: Liberian Charity Worker Raped Girls He Was Supposed To Protect]( The nonprofit group More Than Me pledges to provide an education for vulnerable girls and to keep them out of harm's way. An investigative project from ProPublica and Time Magazine reports that an employee raped a number of girls from the academy run by the group. We interview the co-author of the story, journalist Finlay Young. [Number Of C-Sections Is Rising At An 'Alarming' Rate, Report Says]( A study in the Lancet says the rate of cesarean section has tripled globally since 1990. In some hospitals, more than 70 percent of births occur by C-section, putting moms and babies at risk. chilling Ebola story [The Tale Of The Hijacked Hearse]( It's been a difficult week in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As a rebel group has stepped up attacks on civilians, some community members who are angry at the government and the international community for failing to protect them have turned on the health workers seeking to combat an Ebola outbreak. The result: The number of new Ebola infections has been rising to more than 30 per week. The World Health Organization's director-general convened a committee to consider whether to declare the situation "a public health emergency of international concern" -- but decided to hold off for now, even as he called for more international support to surmount the challenges. Correspondent Nurith Aizenman has been tracking the Ebola outbreak for us – including monitoring the daily reports issued by the DRC's government. They mostly consist of the kinds of facts and figures you’d expect. But this past Friday, Aizenman found something different – a harrowing account that shows how the community's resistance is playing out on the ground. The story she shares involves a hijacked hearse, a police chase and a public apology. [Read the story here]( what is Kanye wearing? [The Word On His T-Shirt In Uganda]( The rapper wore a World Food Programme shirt during his Uganda visit. We asked the World Food Programme to comment. Here’s what communications staffer Challiss McDonough said in an email: “No, we didn’t plan it or have any direct contact with him as far as I’m aware. The shirt he wore is from the [Balenciaga collection](. "The World Food Programme has a formal partnership with the Balenciaga fashion house, and our logo has been featured globally on Balenciaga’s clothing and accessory items as a part of this relationship. While we welcome the attention this brings to our brand and the work we do on the frontlines of hunger, it should be noted that Kanye West is not in a formal partnership with the World Food Programme and his activities in Uganda were not organized or funded by WFP.” quote of the week ["All countries can be thought of as developing countries in the context of mental health."]( A statement from a comprehensive report from the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health, released this month at a London summit. links we like The U.N. released its [first-ever Human Capital Index](. Here’s [a cool gif]( that shows the true size of Africa. Why Yemen is on the brink of the “[worst famine in 100 years]( Ethiopia’s cabinet is now [50 percent female](. Here's [a photo]( of your editors and our NPR interns at an editorial meeting this week. You received this message because you're subscribed to our Goats and Soda emails. | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002 [NPR]