U.N.’s Water Agenda at Risk of Being Hijacked by Big Business
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 2013 (IPS) - Amidst growing new threats of potential conflicts over fast-dwindling water resources in the...
Health
Global Health Plan Aims to End a Third of Childhood Deaths
An eight-month-old boy with pneumonia is examined by a doctor at Amana Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Credit: Kristin...
Q&A: Weather Forecasts to Prevent Strokes and Asthma Attacks in Cuba
Patricia Grogg interviews LUIS LECHA, a researcher at the Centre for Environmental Studies and Services of Villa ClaraDoctors could prevent...
U.S. Court Decision to Speed Introduction of Generic Drugs
"Pay to delay" agreements may cost consumers in the United States up to 3.5 billion dollars per year. Credit: BigstockWASHINGTON,...
OP-ED: Latin America Lags on Reproductive Rights
Indigenous women hauling water in Chiapas, Mexico. Credit: Mauricio Ramos/IPSWASHINGTON, Aug 6 2013 (IPS) - In the last decade, several...
Conserve Water or Perish, Warns U.N. Chief
More than 768 million people are without safe drinking water. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPSUNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 2013 (IPS) - Just...
U.S. Tribe Looks to International Court for Justice
WASHINGTON, Apr 16 2014 (IPS) - An indigenous community in the United States has filed a petition against the federal...
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,...
Drugmakers Agree to U.S. Ban on Livestock Antibiotics
Livestock production has long been suspected as a key incubator of antibiotic resistance in the United States. Credit: BigstockWASHINGTON, Mar...
Zimbabwe’s Emerging Tobacco Queens
Madeline Murambwi's tobacco crops on her 32-hectare farm in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province. She is one of this southern African...