LATIN AMERICA: Abortion – Still Illegal, Still Killing, Despite Growing Awareness
Estrella GutiérrezCARACAS, Mar 10 2010 (IPS) - Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive,...
Month: September 2024
DEVELOPMENT: Farmers on Fringe of Intl Agriculture Policy?
Stephen LeahyMONTPELLIER, France, Apr 14 2010 (IPS) - How s this for short-sighted: A billion people go hungry every day,...
PERU: Glass of Milk Half Empty
Ángel PáezLIMA, May 14 2010 (IPS) - The Glass of Milk Programme, created in 1985 in Peru to provide a...
UGANDA: Too Young to Know, Yet Too Young to Die
Evelyn Matsamura KiapiKAMPALA , Jun 28 2010 (IPS) - Thirteen-year-old Jacinta Okello and her fellow primary school classmates call it...
MEXICO: Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests
Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Jul 20 2010 (IPS) - Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico...
HEALTH-INDIA: Infant Units Go A Long Way in Saving Babies
Manipadma JenaBHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 13 2010 (IPS) - Banita s heart sank when she first saw her prematurely born twin...
Scarce Water Diverted by Greased Palms
Thalif DeenSTOCKHOLM, Sep 9 2010 (IPS) - The battle to resolve the global water crisis is being grossly undermined by...
DEVELOPMENT: Fate of Millions Hangs on Global Fund Pledges
Mantoe PhakathiMBABANE, Oct 4 2010 (IPS) - Sibongile Mavimbela has been living with HIV for the past 12 years; she...
Haitian Mothers Find Care in Dominican Republic, but Future Is Bleak
Elizabeth Eames RoeblingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Oct 29 2010 (IPS) - In the spacious lobby of the Nuestra Señora de...
UGANDA: ‘Why Waste ARVs on Sex Workers?’
Evelyn Matsamura KiapiKAMPALA, Dec 3 2010 (IPS) - Sex workers, among the populations most at risk of HIV infection in...