IRAQ: Food Crisis Hits Fallujah
Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, May 12 2008 (IPS) – Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah….
RIGHTS-US: Despite Legal Blow, Taser Use by Police to Expand
Am Johal NEW YORK, Jun 12 2008 (IPS) – Taser International, the manufacturer of conducted energy weapons known as stun guns or Tasers, is once again implicated in…
DEVELOPMENT: Progress on Water, Less on Sanitation
Omid Memarian UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 2008 (IPS) – The number of people globally who lack access to an improved drinking water source has fallen below one billion…
HEALTH-UGANDA: Fight Against AIDS Faltering?
Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA, Aug 9 2008 (IPS) – Uganda s approach to the fight against HIV/AIDS is under scrutiny by activists. The country has won international acclaim for…
DEVELOPMENT: U.N. Prods Drug Firms to Cut Prices for Poorest
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 2008 (IPS) – The world s poorest nations continue to suffer from high prices for life-saving drugs and a shortage of generics…
Q&A: Masculinity Doesn't Mean Macho
Dalia Acosta interviews JULIO CÉSAR GONZÁLEZ PAGÉS HAVANA, Dec 3 2008 (IPS) – The rules for being a man that predominate in Latin America include never saying no…
HEALTH: Obama Lifts "Global Gag Rule"
Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jan 23 2009 (IPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama Friday lifted an eight-year ban on U.S. funding for overseas family-planning groups and clinics that perform…
HEALTH-KENYA: Drug Shortages Threaten Public Health
Joyce Mulama NAIROBI, Mar 11 2009 (IPS) – When public health facilities are so often short of drugs that a community worker has to buy basic medicines like…
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Bringing HIV Testing Where It's Needed
Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN, Apr 7 2009 (IPS) – In the ten months since the Tutu Tester s mobile clinic began touring Cape Town neighbourhoods offering quick, confidential…
ARGENTINA: Tobacco Treaty Unratified, Six Years On
Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, May 11 2009 (IPS) – Six years after signing the global World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Argentina is the only Latin…