Talks Bog Down Ahead of U.N. Health Meet
Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 2011 (IPS) – The first High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases is scheduled to…
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INDIA: Dangers of a Lax Nuclear Strategy
Malini Shankar BANGALORE, Nov 19 2011 (IPS) – On August 26, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned, taking responsibility for…
HAITI: Displaced Mark a Tragedy That Could Have Been Yesterday
Jane Regan and Sylvestre Fils Dorcilus* PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 12 2012 (IPS) – For two years now, since her husband was…
GHANA: Father’s Fight to Save Daughter from Genital Mutilation
ACCRA, Feb 29 2012 (IPS) – When Jack Sabadgou left Ghana for Switzerland 10 years ago, he left his infant…
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…
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,…