Egyptian Revolution Brings an IVF Rush
A fertility clinic in Cairo. Credit: Rachel Williamson/IPSCAIRO, Oct 3 2013 (IPS) - The young couple inspecting Dr Bassem Elhelw’s...
WTO Urged Not to Treat Water Like Widgets
A water truck in Port Louis, Mauritius. Credit: Nasseem Ackbarally/IPSWASHINGTON, Dec 4 2013 (IPS) - As government representatives gather Tuesday...
Four Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Still Waiting for a Roof
Mimose Gérard, 57, washes clothes and collects plastic bottles from the trash in order to survive. She is still living...
Cameroon ‘Safe Haven’ Town Strains Under CAR Refugee Influx
Child refugees from Central African Republic in Cameroon’s eastern border town of Garoua-Boula share a plate of rice in the...
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...
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,...