SOUTH AFRICA: No Political Will to Support Generic Medication
Kristin PalitzaCAPE TOWN , Nov 16 2011 (IPS) - South African health experts are calling on governments to use legally...
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CAMEROON: Stepping Naturally Away from Plastic
YAOUNDÉ, Jan 6 2012 (IPS) - Maya Stella, a restaurant manager in the capital of Cameroon, no longer uses plastic...
Drought in Sahel Affects Urban Cameroonians
YAOUNDE, Feb 27 2012 (IPS) - Sala Aminata, a housewife from Logone and Shari Division in Cameroon’s Far North Region,...
Liberia’s Government Finding a Way to End FGM
MONROVIA, Apr 2 2012 (IPS) - There were three people. One person was holding me down; one person was holding...
Hunger Feeds Growing Protests in Prison
A demonstration at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPS A demonstration at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPSJERUSALEM,...
Finetuning the Fight Against AIDS in Cuba
HAVANA, Jun 18 2012 (IPS) - New attitudes are emerging among Cubans toward the AIDS epidemic, as HIV-positive people who...
Q&A: “In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It”
Mario Queiroz interviews JOÃO GOULÃO, architect of Portugal's drug policyThe success achieved is not solely due to the decriminalisation of...
Maldives Talks Condoms
Condom promotion campaign in Male: Credit: SHEMALE, Sep 22 2012 (IPS) - For an orthodox Islamic country, the Maldives has...
Drug-Resistant Malaria Pushes Rural Thailand to Shoulder Global Role
BANGKOK, Dec 20 2012 (IPS) - As Thailand braces itself to combat drug-resistant malaria, a spread of small, nondescript buildings...
U.N. Disabilities Treaty Rejected by U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 2012 (IPS) - Underlining the persistent power of their party’s most right-wing elements, a majority of Republican...