Latin America Stirs the Marijuana Pot
Female cannabis plant. Credit: Bokske/CC BY 3.0 MEXICO CITY/MONTEVIDEO, Sep 27 2013 (IPS) – In Latin America, where marijuana is the most widely consumed illegal drug, there is…
GM Crop Could Migrate Dangerously
A court-appointed committee in India has called for a ten-year moratorium on field trials of GM crops. Credit: F Delventhal/CC-BY-2.0 NEW DELHI, Nov 28 2013 (IPS) – Food…
Many Kenyan Children Miss Out on Life-Saving Drugs
Keeping HIV-positive children on medication remains a difficult task. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS NAIROBI, Jan 10 2014 (IPS) – Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, HIV-positive children can now live to…
Legislators Seek Rightful Place at U.N. Talkfests
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) arrives with Babatunde Osotimehin (left), Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), for the opening of the 46th session of the Commission on…
India’s Poor Face High Infant Deaths
ATTAPPADI, India, May 4 2014 (IPS) – The death of a 10-day-old girl last November in the Attappadi tribal belt of Kerala, one of India’s best performing states…
Plagued By Dengue Fever, Sri Lanka Looks to the Weatherman
Schoolchildren hold up a handmade sign that reads: ‘Let’s Eradicate Dengue’. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS COLOMBO, Jun 30 2014 (IPS) – What’s the connection between weather forecasts and the…
Bill to Fight Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Venezuelans
“Preventing It Is in Your Hands…World AIDS Day” – image from one of the government campaigns to prevent AIDS in Venezuela. Credit: Venezolana de Televisión CARACAS, Jul 30…
The Good – and the Bad – News on World Hunger
To meet the challenge of feeding the world’s 805 million hungry people, this year’s State of Food Insecurity report calls for the creation of an ‘enabling environment’. Credit:…
Big Soda Challenged on World Diabetes Day
A soda-lemonade stand with soda bottles topped with lemons, in Rishikesh, India. Credit: Surya Prakash / CC-BY-SA-3.0 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 2014 (IPS) – Corporations marketing unhealthy foods…
Zimbabwe’s Children Are the Battlefield in War to Contain HIV/AIDS
Many children under 15 in Zimbabwe discover their HIV status only when they fall critically ill later in life. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/ IPS HARARE, Jan 17 2015 (IPS)…