More Women Weigh Risks and Rewards of At-Home Birthing
Midwives assume the role of the doctor and replaces the more clinical hospital setting with holistic and homeopathic methods. Credit:…
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Sahel Food Crisis Overshadowed by Regional Conflict
In 2012 recurring droughts destroyed most harvests in the Sahel. This year feeding chronically hungry people in the Sahel has…
Nigeria’s Nightmare Gives New Momentum to IVAWA
A moment of silence in held in Washington, DC May 6th for the 234 missing Nigerian school girls who were…
Putting Population Management in Pacific Women’s Hands
This is part of a series of special stories on world population and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals on…
Putting the Littlest Disaster Victims on the Caribbean’s Climate Agenda
Students of Buccament Government Primary School in St. Vincent receive gifts from sixth graders at the Green Bay Primary School…
Mission Midwife: The Case for Trained Birth Attendants in Senegal
Only 65 percent of Senegalese women give birth in the presence of a skilled attendant. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPS DAKAR, Sep…
Will Myanmar’s ‘Triple Transition’ Help Eradicate Crushing Poverty?
Novice monks beg for alms near the Sule Pagoda in downtown Yangon. The barbed wire barricades behind them were once…
Cancer Locks a Deadly Grip on Africa, Yet It’s Barely Noticed
Many specialist doctors and nurses in Africa are migrating to greener pastures, leaving cancer patients with few options. Credit: Jeffrey…
Opinion: The World Sees Progress Against Undernutrition, but it’s Uneven
Jomo Kwame Sundaram is the Coordinator for Economic and Social Development at the Food and Agriculture Organization and received the…
Opinion: Realising Unfinished Business of MDGs : A Call for Greater Action and Investment for Malaria
Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré is Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership. Dr. Fatoumata Nafo Traoré UNITED NATIONS, Apr…