Women & Youth Key to Achieving Agenda 2030 in South-South Cooperation
Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. India and Kenya signed agreements in the field of agriculture during Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to New…
Leprosy Detection With a Personal Touch
Coalition of Leprosy Associations of the Philippines (CLAP) community outreach organisers Jennifer Quimno (left) and Michelle Ann Oreo (right). Credit: Ben Kritz/IPS MANILA, Mar 3 2019 (IPS) –…
Japan Boosts Complex Fight to Eliminate Leprosy in Brazil
Yohei Sasakawa (C), president of the Nippon Foundation and World Health Organisation Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, shakes the hand of Sebastião Miranda Filho, the mayor of Marabá…
Rural Poverty Is Still a Scar on the Soul of Colombia, but a New Program Supporting Agri-Entrepreneurship Can Help Heal the Wounds
Jesus Quintana is LAC Subregional Head and Country Director for Colombia at the International Fund for Agricultural Development Group of Afro-Colombian women in Guapi, Cali, showing the area…
Community Efforts are Key When Addressing HIV/AIDS
Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health Watch Credit: WHO/ F. Tanggol. ABUJA, Nov 30 2019…
The Pacific Community launches the Pacific Healthy Recipe Contest
Feb 12 2020 – The Pacific Community (SPC) is calling for contestants to join the Pacific Healthy Recipe Contest and showcase their cooking skills and creativity to promote…
Is It Time to Postpone the 2020 Climate Summit?
NEW YORK, Mar 25 2020 (IPS) – With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet and the governments of both wealthy and poorer nations overwhelmed by the demands of…
‘Declare remittance as an essential financial service’
UK and Switzerland say in a joint statement The image shows the countries from which remittance flows to Bangladesh, a service that is severely affected by the coronavirus…
10 Ways Young People are Leading the Way Against COVID-19
Women Deliver perform vital work on the frontlines of the pandemic response A graphic shared in Hashim’s #AgirContreCOVID19 Twitter Chat to stop misinformation. Apr 9 2020 – As…
Press Freedom Needs Protection from Pandemic too
Farhana Haque Rahman is Senior Vice President of IPS Inter Press Service; a journalist and communications expert, she is a former senior official of the United Nations Food…