Afghan Women Victims Not Perpetrators of ‘Moral Crimes’
KABUL, Apr 2 2012 (IPS) – Mursal, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who has run away from home to escape a…
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Recovering From the Spring, at a Price
AMMAN, May 12 2012 (IPS) – The Arab Spring sent scores of sick and injured Libyans, fleeing their war- torn…
Newborn Deaths Expose India’s Low Health Budget
Outside a Srinagar hospital SRINAGAR, India , Jun 19 2012 (IPS) – A year after the Indian government began paying…
India Drowning in Waste, Experts Warn
India’s cities are poaching on rural water resources. Credit: Keya Acharya BANGALORE, Aug 1 2012 (IPS) – Almitra Patel, a…
Will India Still Supply Cheap Drugs to the World?
GENEVA, Sep 25 2012 (IPS) – India may be famous for the Taj Mahal, its religious ceremonies, Bollywood films and…
New Patient Profile and Treatment for Chagas Disease
Luz Maldonado contracted Chagas disease from contaminated fruit juice in her urban upper-middle class Caracas neighbourhood. Credit: Estrella Gutiérrez/IPS CARACAS,…
Brazil Enters New Era of Co-Production of Anti-AIDS Drugs
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 6 2012 (IPS) – A new kind of public-private partnership will begin in 2013 in Brazil…
Major Audit Urges Devolution of U.S. AIDS Programme
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 2013 (IPS) – A major audit of the United States’ flagship global anti-HIV/AIDS programme, prepared for the…
Q&A: Ecuador Guarantees Right to Free Emergency Contraception
Leisa Sánchez interviews CARINA VANCE, Ecuador’s public health minister Carina Vance: “Our constitution guarantees free access to services, contraceptive methods…
Obama Pledges to Bring Mental Health “Out of Shadows”
WASHINGTON, Jun 4 2013 (IPS) – President Barack Obama tried Monday to jumpstart a new national discussion on mental health,…