The Invisible, Hungry Hand
A worker on a farm in Kiambu district, central Kenya, that produces tea for export. Nearly 80 percent of rural...
Month: September 2024
New Regional Secretariat to Advance Leprosy Advocacy in Asia
Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital Medical Director Dr. Arturo Cunanan urged delegates to the Regional Assembly of Organisations of People...
US Leads Donor Funding to Fight HIV/AIDS Amidst Overall Decline
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 2019 (IPS) - Since 2010, donor funding to fight HIV/AIDS in low-and middle-income countries has dropped...
Swiftly Ending Tobacco Epidemic Requires Government Action, Not Empty Promises
Mark Hurley is Director of Global Communications for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free KidsWASHINGTON DC, Oct 23 2019 (IPS) - New...
Fixing the Business of Food
Delegates grappled with getting the business of food right. Credit: Busani Bafana / IPSMILAN, Italy, Dec 4 2019 (IPS) -...
Let’s Prevent Post-partum Depression and Provide Care to Those in Need
Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health WatchCredit:...
TRENDS E-Symposium to Address Post-Corona Globalization Challenges
Experts from around the world to discuss factors behind the crisis and the steps needed to mitigate its negative effects...
Innovation Is an Imperative – for Sustainable Food Systems
Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Rome-based UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP). He was President of the...
The Declaration of the Human Solidarity Initiative Against the Coronavirus Pandemic
AMMAN, Apr 10 2020 - We find this to be a difficult time in the history of humanity. COVID-19 has...
Across the World, Construction Workers are Caught Between Coronavirus Risk and Joblessness
Pakistani migrant workers on a construction site in Dubai. Credit: S. Irfan Ahmed/IPS ISTANBUL, Apr 30 2020 (IPS) - A...