POLITICS: Burma Fears Politicisation of Humanitarian Crisis
Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, May 16 2008 (IPS) - The United Nations, which has accelerated its pace of humanitarian assistance to...
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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...
Deaf Ecuadoreans Stand Up for Identity, Rights
Gonzalo OrtizQUITO, Oct 6 2010 (IPS) - Ximena Carrera discovered a new world at the university. After years of experts...
SOUTH AFRICA: How Better ARV Prices Were Won
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 21 2011 (IPS) - South Africa’s recently-awarded tender for antiretroviral drugs halved drug costs for the world’s largest...
Decriminalisation Comes to Davos
Intravenous drug users are the last in line to get support from Pakistan's government-run AIDS programme. Credit: Fahim Siddiqi/IPSUNITED NATIONS,...
Inequality Fuels HIV Epidemic in the Caribbean
Outspoken artist Edison Liburd, in St. John's, Antigua. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb 10 2015 (IPS) - At 49...
In Latin America, the Term Leprosy Still Carries a Burden from Biblical Times
In the panel on Hanseniasis versus Leprosy, the need to change the name of a disease surrounded by stigma with...