Month: September 2024

Pam Bailey GAZA CITY, Jan 25 2011 (IPS) – When the Hamas government of Gaza imposed restrictions on shisha (water…

Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Mar 9 2011 (IPS) – Some 50 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Latin America have formed a…

Emilio Godoy VEGA DE ALATORRE, Mexico, Mar 30 2011 (IPS) – Brenda Mancilla, a 23-year-old Mexican woman, has suffered from…

Whitney Graham and Elena I. Nicklasson* SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 26 2011 (IPS) – On this day 25 years ago, a…

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 1 2011 (IPS) – The world is facing a global epidemic in need of a global effort…

Amanda Wilson WASHINGTON, Sep 30 2011 (IPS) – Imagine a class of 24 children, three of whom take performance enhancing…

Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 2011 (IPS) – The first High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases is scheduled to…

Malini Shankar BANGALORE, Nov 19 2011 (IPS) – On August 26, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned, taking responsibility for…

Jane Regan and Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus* PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 12 2012 (IPS) – For two years now, since her husband was…

ACCRA, Feb 29 2012 (IPS) – When Jack Sabadgou left Ghana for Switzerland 10 years ago, he left his infant…