Vaccinating Against Their Will
A poster to promote rotavirus vaccination. Credit: Monde Kingsley Nfor/IPS.YAOUNDÉ, May 7 2014 (IPS) - The growing number of child...
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Problems Inspire Ingenious Solutions in Peruvian Amazon Town
A Jepelacio resident carries a blue jerrycan with 20 litres of “Jepe water” along one of the dusty but clean...
Nigeria Wakes Up to its AIDS Threat
Nigeria accounts for one third of all new infections among children in the 20 worst hit countries in sub-Saharan Africa....
Will Governments Keep Their Promises on the Human Right to Water?
Dilip Surkar is co-chair of End Water Poverty, a global coalition of more than 275 NGOs and CSOs campaigning on...
War-ravaged South Sudan Struggles to Contain AIDS
Displaced women flee fighting by boat to Mingkaman, Awerial County, Lakes State, South Sudan.. Only one out of 10 HIV...
Marginalised Groups Struggle to Access Healthcare in Conflict-Torn East Ukraine
Social worker in the flat of a drug addict in Donetsk doing outreach work. Drug addicts, like other marginalised groups,...
Tackling Ebola: Give Autonomy to Local African Communities, Says International Rescue Committee
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 3 2015 (IPS) - Recommendations on how to eradicate Ebola and avoid future outbreaks were released in...
Women Still Struggling to Gain Equal Foothold in Nepal
A woman remains pensive during a support group meeting for families of missing persons in the south-eastern Nepali town of...
Zimbabwean Women Weave Their Own Beautiful Future
Siduduzile Nyoni, a mother of three, busily completing one of her ilala palm products, which will be sold through a...
Mandela Prizewinner from Namibia Still Bringing Sight to the Blind
WINDHOEK, Aug 4 2015 (IPS) - There was pure emotion in the face of Dr. Helena Ndume, more used to...