RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 2 2013 (IPS) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed a law guaranteeing treatment including emergency contraception for rape victims in public… Read More »New Brazilian Law Guarantees Protocol for Rape Victims

Patented drugs limit patients’ access to public health care. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS MEXICO CITY, Oct 8 2013 (IPS) – The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP),… Read More »Pacific Pact – a Minefield for Health Care

At the perimetre of Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State. Credit: Jason E. Kaplan/IPS YAKAMA NATION, Washington State, U.S. , Apr 14 2014 (IPS) –… Read More »Yakama Nation Tells DOE to Clean Up Nuclear Waste

Yenenesh Yigsaw (right) recovers from her latest reconstructive surgery with other Noma patients at a recuperation centre outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. Credit: Nick… Read More »The Missing Faces of Ethiopia’s Poor

The Westlea dumpsite near the low-income settlement Warren Park, west of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Here electronic waste such as old tvs and microwaves, which contain… Read More »Zimbabwe’s Growing Electronic Waste Becomes a Real Danger

Pamphlets and condoms handed out by Cuba’s National Centre for Sex Education as part of its awareness-raising efforts. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS HAVANA, May 7… Read More »HIV/AIDS Highlights Gender Inequalities in Cuba

Out of desperation, flood victims in Asunción have built makeshift shelters in public spaces, like this improvised camp opposite the Congress building. Credit: Natalia Ruiz… Read More »Floods Displace Lives and Dreams in Paraguay

The atomic bomb dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Credit: Freedom II Andres_Imahinasyon/CC-BY-2.0… Read More »Atom Bomb Anniversary Spotlights Persistent Nuclear Threat

Seismologists say a new children’s hospital being planned for Couva, in Trinidad, is located near a fault line. According to one report, 67 per cent… Read More »Boosting the Natural Disaster Immunity of Caribbean Hospitals

School children in Freetown walking with their parents. Ebola has badly affected the country’s education. Credit: Lansana Fofana/IPS FREETOWN, Nov 17 2014 (IPS) – The… Read More »Ebola Outbreak Affects Key Development Areas in Sierra Leone