Joyce Mulama NAIROBI, Mar 6 2007 (IPS) – With AIDS cutting a swathe through Africa s workforce, there is an urgent need for employers to… Read More »HEALTH-AFRICA: Making Policies for AIDS in the Workplace, Commonplace
Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Apr 12 2007 (IPS) – Mayu Sasaki, 32, is expecting her second baby in May, but rather than making happy preparations the… Read More »POPULATION-JAPAN: Obstetric Care Hits Crisis Levels
Ruth Ansah Ayisi MAPUTO, May 17 2007 (IPS) – Each time she has been pregnant, 20-year-old Isaura Paulina has fallen sick with malaria. Malaria was… Read More »HEALTH-MOZAMBIQUE: Stopping Death With a Net
Stephen Leahy MONTREAL, Sep 23 2007 (IPS) – More than 190 nations agreed this week to combat global warming and accelerate the healing of the… Read More »ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Deal to Cut Down CO2 Emissions
David Cronin BRUSSELS, Jul 20 2007 (IPS) – African governments are worried that funds from the European Union (EU) to help them increase their countries… Read More »DEVELOPMENT: ‘Aid for Trade’ May Cut Health, Education Funds
Zofeen Ebrahim* – IPS/TerraViva COLOMBO, Aug 20 2007 (IPS) – The feminisation of HIV and AIDS continues in full swing in the Asia-Pacific, reflected in… Read More »HEALTH-ASIA: HIV, AIDS Take on A Woman's Face
Lynette Lee Corporal BANGKOK, Sep 19 2007 (IPS) – I feel great! I #39ve never felt better, said Gisele Ceppi of Switzerland. At 61, she… Read More »HEALTH-THAILAND: Legal Hassles, Taboos Hamper Organ Donation
David Cronin BRUSSELS, Dec 13 2007 (IPS) – AIDS has become a forgotten disease in the European Union, according to the man in charge of… Read More »HEALTH: Europe 'Forgetting' AIDS
Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN, Nov 10 2007 (IPS) – Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa cannot be dealt with while TB and HIV/AIDS organisations refuse to set… Read More »HEALTH-AFRICA: TB and AIDS Campaigns Urged to Co-operate
Darío Montero PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Dec 10 2007 (IPS) – They work in the deep heartland of Brazil, or in urban slums. They all seek… Read More »LATIN AMERICA: Prizes for Communities Fighting Exclusion