Uneven Results in Bid to Halt Needless Mother and Child Deaths
Elizabeth WhitmanUNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 2011 (IPS) - Political, private sector and civil society leaders from around the world gathered...
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CANADA: Harper Government Guts Environment Programmes
Stephen LeahyUXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 9 2011 (IPS) - Canada s Stephen Harper government is spending more than 60 billion dollars...
ZAMBIA: “People Are Not Dead Until They Have Died”
Jorrit Meulenbeek* - IPS/Street News ServiceLUSAKA, Dec 26 2011 (IPS) - I had no power, I could not even walk....
GUATEMALA: Zero Hunger Plan Must Focus on Production, Experts Say
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 21 2012 (IPS) - “We don’t want a repeat of welfare-oriented programmes, because they are unsustainable,” said...
Memories of Osh Violence Continue to Haunt Kyrgyz Children
Correspondents* - IPS/EurasiaNetBISHKEK, Mar 30 2012 (IPS) - The physical damage done to Osh, the city in southern Kyrgyzstan that...
Caste Blocks Revamp of Nepal’s Sex Workers
MUDA, Nepal, May 7 2012 (IPS) - Social activists say that attempts to rehabilitate sex workers in this former monarchy...
Health Warnings Loud and Clear on Cigarettes in Argentina
Credit:Fried Dough/CC BY 2.0BUENOS AIRES, Jun 12 2012 (IPS) - This month, Argentina will join the growing list of Latin...
Papua New Guinea Casts Wide Net Against Malaria
Rotarians Against Malaria display one of the treated mosquito nets being used around Papua New Guinea. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPSPORT MORESBY,...
Young People Caretaking in an Aging Cuba
Youngsters swimming along the Havana malecón, the oceanside drive. Credit. Jorge Luis Baños/IPS HAVANA, Sep 19 2012 (IPS) - Mabel...
India Puts GM Food Crops Under Microscope
A court-appointed committee in India has called for a ten-year moratorium on field trials of GM crops. Credit: F Delventhal/CC-BY-2.0NEW...