Q&A: A Healthy Verdict from India
Gustavo Capdevila interviews GERMÁN VELÁSQUEZ, former WHO official GENEVA, Apr 5 2013 (IPS) – India’s refusal to grant patent protection for the anti-cancer drug Glivec, developed by Swiss drugmaker Novartis, …
Health Care for Immigrants Crumbling in Spain
MALAGA, Spain, May 24 2013 (IPS) – The death of a young Senegalese man from tuberculosis in Spain, following alleged lack of medical care, triggered a new outcry by civil …
‘Happy Prostitutes’ AIDS Campaign Sparks Debate
“I’m happy being a prostitute,” says the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign poster that was subsequently withdrawn. Credit: Beijo da Rua RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 12 2013 (IPS) – Happiness, the subject …
Kurds Find a German Healing Touch
Media (r) with her assistant Daryan (l) in a Kurdish region in the Qandil mountains. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS. QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq, Jul 26 2013 (IPS) – I witnessed a Turkish …
The Medicines Are Fake, the Illnesses Real
There is little oversight of the quality of medicine in remote areas such as Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS. SYDNEY, Sep 30 2013 (IPS) – Reports …
Ending AIDS in the City Where It Began
A Nov. 15 town hall event on HIV/AIDS in New York. Credit: Courtesy of Matt Curtis/VOCAL-NY NEW YORK, Dec 1 2013 (IPS) – Four hundred Eighth Avenue, home to the …
Syrian Crisis Threatens Development in Arab World
At the Kawrgosik Refugee Camp near Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, more than 200,000 refugees from Syria are being hosted by the regional government. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe …
For Parents of Sick Children, It’s Move or Break the Law
Caden Clark has Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a catastrophic form of epilepsy that causes him to have seizures from 10 to 20 times a day. Courtesy of the Clark Family. SPOKANE, Washington, …
U.N.’s Post-2015 Agenda Skips the Right to Water and Sanitation
Water is supplied by the military in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: UN Photo/Kibae Park UNITED NATIONS, May 6 2014 (IPS) – A U.N. working group mandated to formulate a set …
Looking to Africa’s LDCs to Learn How to Save the Lives of Millions of Mothers and their Babies
Bosena, 25, sits on the side of a busy road in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, with a baby in her arms. Ethiopia is among the countries listed as having made …