Inclusive Education to Break the Cycles of Poverty
Street Library in Mayotte, July 2016. Credit: François Phliponeau/ATD Fourth World - Centre Joseph Wresinski NEW YORK, Oct 15 2021...
‘COVICANE’ – How One Caribbean Country is Coping with the Hurricane Season during COVID-19
Dominican Farmer and Vendor Ayma Louis has COVID restrictions and the hurrricane season to contend with. Credit: Alison Kentish (IPS)DOMINICA,...
Greed-Driven Pandemic Still Killing Millions
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 14 2021 (IPS) - Failure to vaccinate most in poor countries sustains the COVID-19 pandemic. Rich...
How COVID Has Affected the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
A case of advanced liver pathology (hepatomegaly) due to schistosomiasis in a 5-year-old. Prof Takafira MduluzaMar 14 2022 (IPS) -...
Over Two Decades of Impunity for Environmental and Health Disaster in Peruvian Village
Juana Martínez takes part in an October 2021 protest in Lima organized by the platform of people affected by heavy...
As New Covid Boosters Move Forward, Better Outreach is Needed to Save US Lives
NEW YORK, Sep 9 2022 (IPS) - This week––nearly ten months after the emergence of the Omicron variant––the United States...
Working Together for an Inclusive World
ECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on the International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesNEW YORK, Dec 2 2022 - ECW works...
In Latin America’s Aging Population, 17 Percent Will Be Over 65 by 2050
Nelly García is 65 years old, and for 30 years she has been selling flowers at a market in Lima...
Next Ebola Outbreak ‘Not a Matter of If, but When’
Uganda used public health measures like screening, testing of temperatures, and isolation of suspected cases to contain the Ebola outbreak....
Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change
A doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance BRATISLAVA,...