HEALTH-ARGENTINA: H1N1 Flu Puts Cheek Kiss Greeting on Hold
Marcela ValenteBUENOS AIRES, Jul 8 2009 (IPS) - These days, people in the Argentine capital are largely avoiding the traditional...
Month: October 2024
HEALTH: Activists Press for ‘People’s Property Rights’ to Medications
BALI, Aug 12 2009 (IPS) - Pharmaceutical firms have developed drugs that have lengthened lives and cut death rates from...
SOUTH AFRICA: Redouble Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Patrick BurnettCAPE TOWN, Sep 10 2009 (IPS) - For Katriena Anthony, being four months pregnant comes with hazards particular to...
GENDER: U.N. Women’s Treaty Weakened by Slew of Reservations
Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 2009 (IPS) - A landmark U.N. treaty on women s rights, which will be 30...
HEALTH: U.S. Urged to Double Aid to Global Projects
Matthew BergerWASHINGTON, Oct 29 2009 (IPS) - As the effort to achieve universal health coverage within the U.S. crawls forward...
WATER: Poor Sanitation Killing Liberia’s Young
Rebecca MurrayMONROVIA and BOPOLU, Liberia, Nov 23 2009 (IPS) - Nineteen-year-old Beauty Phillips clutches her emaciated baby tightly to her...
RIGHTS-INDIA: Hi-Tech Beats Sex Selection Ban
Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI, Dec 21 2009 (IPS) - When a magistrate in the western port city of Mumbai convicted two...
HAITI: Displaced Women Face Double Jeopardy
Marguerite A. SuozziUNITED NATIONS, Feb 3 2010 (IPS) - Women s rights and development activists working in Haiti say that...