Appalling Conditions in Mexico’s Mental Health Institutions
Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jan 14 2011 (IPS) – Brígido rocks slowly back and forth while José Guadalupe, a Catholic priest, says mass at the Atlampa Centre for…
PAKISTAN: Injecting Disease With Medicine
Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Feb 28 2011 (IPS) – Once every two weeks, 45-year-old Perween Riaz enters a place with a sign outside that says Ghazi Medical Centre where…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Managing Mental Illness on a Few Pesos a Month
Elizabeth Roebling SANTO DOMINGO, Mar 22 2011 (IPS) – Cristina, 41, was able to support the last two of her five children despite the fact that she could…
JAPAN: Civil Society Gaining Ground Following Quake
Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Apr 21 2011 (IPS) – Civil society organisations in Japan have traditionally been on the sidelines in influencing mainstream policy, but the massive Tohoku earthquake…
INDIA: Supreme Court Verdict Revives Euthanasia Debate
Sujoy Dhar MUMBAI, May 27 2011 (IPS) – In a secluded hospital bed in this bustling Indian metropolis, a woman who has lain brain dead for 37 years…
HEALTH-UGANDA: Self Medication Blamed for Increased Drug Resistance
Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA, Jul 15 2011 (IPS) – In pharmacies in the heart of Kampala men and women line up to buy drugs that you usually need a…
SOUTH SUDAN: Women Hope Independence Means Less Maternal Deaths
Protus Onyango JUBA, Jul 8 2011 (IPS) – Mother of eight, Jessicah Foni, 36, hopes that independence will mean a hospital will soon be built in her village….
Palestinians Prisoners Languish in Administrative Detention
RAMALLAH, Aug 9 2011 (IPS) – I’m sick with worry about my daughter. I’m afraid of what they are doing to her. She has done nothing to deserve…
Global Gold Rush Brings Heightened Scrutiny
TORONTO, Sep 16 2011 (IPS) – Bolstered by gold prices hovering above 1,800 dollars an ounce and a global economy slowly recovering, exploration activity for the precious metal…
MALAWI: No Social Safety Nets for the Poor
Travis Lupick and Archibald Kasakura BLANTYRE, Nov 4 2011 (IPS) – In Mbedza village, a remote rural community in southern Malawi, Fedson Feston beams an infant s awkward…