BRAZIL: Controversy Over DWI Law Despite Reduced Deaths
Mario OsavaRIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 25 2008 (IPS) - Although Brazil s tough new drunk driving law has been applauded...
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NICARAGUA: US Fourth Fleet Treads Fine Line
José Adán SilvaBILWI, Nicaragua, Aug 20 2008 (IPS) - The newly reactivated U.S. Fourth Fleet began its operations in Latin...
Q&A: Fistula Turns Women Into Outcasts
Pilirani Semu-Banda interviews LAUSI ADAMU, fistula patientLILONGWE, Oct 21 2008 (IPS) - Women suffering from obstetric fistula in Malawi received...
HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: Shady Dealings With Antiretrovirals
Ephraim NsingoHARARE, Dec 12 2008 (IPS) - The current political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe is dealing a blow to...
HEALTH-BRAZIL: Older Women at Higher Risk from AIDS
Mario OsavaRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 13 2009 (IPS) - The HIV infection rate in women over 50 in Brazil has...
RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars
Ben CaseNEW YORK, Mar 18 2009 (IPS) - Clinical staff at U.S. immigration detention centres systematically abuse detainees in their...
DEVELOPMENT: Making Sanitation Sexy
Ali GharibWASHINGTON, Apr 14 2009 (IPS) - Though the issue of human excreta is often taboo in polite company, human...
HEALTH: Flu Fuels Concerns about ‘Factory Farms’
Shari NijmanNEW YORK, May 15 2009 (IPS) - While the swine flu virus does not appear to be as potentially...
FIJI: Swine Flu Spreads to Vulnerable Pacific Island Nations
Shailendra SinghSUVA, Jun 23 2009 (IPS) - Fiji has become the second Pacific island nation to confirm cases of the...
MIDEAST: Malnutrition Begins to Bite
Eva BartlettGAZA CITY, Jul 15 2009 (IPS) - No one is buying meat these days, says Yousef Al-Jerjowi, sitting next...