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 &#39Forgetting&#39 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

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