U.S.: Planting Oases in a Land of Burgers and Fries
Matthew O. Berger WASHINGTON, Oct 27 2010 (IPS) – Though close to a billion people remain undernourished worldwide, one in three U.S. children are overweight a problem that…
Slowly Winning Fight Against FGM in Northern Senegal
PODOR, Senegal, Nov 29 2010 (IPS) – The harm done by female genital mutilation is still enormous in Podor, a city in the north of Senegal, say officials…
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…