HEALTH: Report Exposes a Free-Market Famine
Stephen Leahy BROOKLIN, Canada, Oct 20 2006 (IPS) – In a world of paradox and plenty, 852 million people are…
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RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR: Home, Deadly Home
Raúl Gutiérrez SAN SALVADOR, Nov 23 2006 (IPS) – The man attacked his wife, as he had done many times…
HEALTH-INDONESIA: WHO Feathers Ruffled Over Bird Flu Vaccine
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Feb 8 2007 (IPS) – A decision by the Indonesian government to be selective about sending local…
HEALTH-LAOS: On the Bird Flu Map
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Mar 11 2007 (IPS) – A spell of good fortune that South-east Asia s poorest country enjoyed…
HEALTH: All Not Well With Global AIDS Vaccine Trials
Sandhya Srinivasan MUMBAI, Apr 13 2007 (IPS) – Why were phase-1 safety trials for an HIV vaccine started in India…
AFGHANISTAN: Poppy Fields Offer Jobs as Fighting Rages
Sher Ahmad Haidar and S. Muddassir Ali Shah* GHAZNI, May 23 2007 (IPS) – While intense fighting rages around Afghanistan…
CARIBBEAN: Chips, Booze and Cigarettes Cost Region Millions
Peter Ischyrion PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 25 2007 (IPS) – Every weekday, Darrian Marcel speaks to thousands of people…
HEALTH: HIV/AIDS Experts Swear by Circumcision
Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, Jul 24 2007 (IPS) – Male circumcision could prevent millions of new HIV infections a year, delegates…
BRAZIL: Controversial Bill to Sterilise Younger Women
Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 22 2007 (IPS) – A draft law to reduce the minimum age for women…
Q&A: "Sex Work Is Work"
Interview with Katrina Pacey, social justice attorney VANCOUVER, Canada, Dec 18 2007 (IPS) – Katrina Pacey is a lawyer with…