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...
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...
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...