Daniela Estrada* – Tierramérica NUEVA IMPERIAL, Chile, Jan 26 2008 (IPS) – A conventional hospital and a Mapuche medical centre, run by traditional healers who… Read More »HEALTH-CHILE: Government Finances Mapuche Medical Service
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Mar 4 2008 (IPS) – Soaring global rice prices are hitting the stomachs of Asia s poorest citizens. Among the worst hit… Read More »DEVELOPMENT: Rising Rice Prices Hit Asian Stomachs
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 2008 (IPS) – The United Nations is intensifying its worldwide efforts to help create a new generation of children… Read More »HEALTH: U.N. Aims For an AIDS-Free Generation
Praful Bidwai NEW DELHI, May 15 2008 (IPS) – Protests are mounting all over the world against the year-long detention of Dr. Binayak Sen, a… Read More »RIGHTS-INDIA: Top Activist’s Detention Blot on Democracy
PESHAWAR, Jun 13 2008 (IPS) – Health workers fanned out into hundreds of villages in a troubled north-western district of Pakistan to immunise children against… Read More »HEALTH-PAKISTAN: Anti-Polio Campaign Resumes With Taliban Support
Stella Gonzales MANILA, Jul 22 2008 (IPS) – As World Population Day was being marked on Jul. 11, Tess and Andy were attending a family… Read More »POPULATION-PHILIPPINES: Catholic Church Damns The Pill
Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 19 2008 (IPS) – Vegetables, rice and other cereals in at least 53 cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America may… Read More »DEVELOPMENT: Wastewater Crops Feeding Millions
Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, Oct 17 2008 (IPS) – A severe outbreak of flu could kill tens of millions of people and spur a major global… Read More »ECONOMY: Threat of ‘Major Global Recession’ Tied to Bird Flu
Helen Clark HANOI, Dec 10 2008 (IPS) – Vietnam s environmental issues have been pushed to the forefront after it was reported in mid-September that… Read More »ENVIRONMENT-VIETNAM: Paying the Price of Rapid Development
Marina Litvinsky WASHINGTON, Feb 11 2009 (IPS) – Rich countries and the World Bank should stop pushing privatised health care in poor countries, Oxfam International… Read More »HEALTH: Privatised Care More Placebo than Panacea