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)…
WHO Releases New Syringe Safety Policy to Prevent Disease
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2015 (IPS) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a on safe practices around syringe use, saying 90 percent of injections worldwide are…
Pledges for Humanitarian Aid to Syria Fall Short of Target by Billions
More than 12 million people inside Syria are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Credit: European Commission DG ECHO/CC-BY-ND-2.0 KUWAIT CITY, Mar 31 2015 (IPS) – When United…
Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan Continues to Worsen
Oxfam estimates that 800,000 people in South Sudan have reached “emergency levels” of hunger. Credit: Ann-Kathrin Pohlers/IPS MUNICH, Germany, May 28 2015 (IPS) – After peace talks failed…
Opinion: Uneven MDG Progress Must Inspire Resolve to Do Much Better
Hunger is constant in India’s refugee camps, with meagre rations of rice, lentils, cooking oil and salt falling short of most families’ basic needs. Women are forced to…