In Pakistan, Militants Wear Aid Workers’ Clothing
Fearing the presence of militants, personnel from law enforcement agencies keep a strict watch on camps set up by relief groups in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …
Can ‘Womenomics’ Stem the Feminisation of Poverty in Japan?
Women now comprise the majority of the poor and old in Japan, the world’s third largest economy and fastest-aging society. Credit: S. H. isado/CC BY-ND 2.0 TOKYO, Sep 18 2014 …
OPINION: Now Is the Time to Tackle Malnutrition and Its Massive Human Costs
José Graziano da Silva is FAO Director-General and Margaret Chan is WHO Director-General. Sadhana Ghimire, 23, makes sure to give her 18-month-old daughter nutritious food, such as porridge containing grains …
Zimbabwe Faces Troubling Spike in Cases of Multi-Drug Resistant TB
Caring for MDR-TB patients at home or even at taking them to hospitals is a challenge for relatives, especially as the disease is uncertain to completely go away after treatment. …
Farm Projects Boost Bangladeshi Women, Children
Women organise themselves into small collectives, to better bargain and trade their produce. Credit: Helen Keller International NEW YORK, Mar 1 2015 (IPS) – Women in Bangladesh are carving healthier, …
Curbing Tobacco Use – One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there will be between 1.5 and 1.9 billion smokers worldwide in 2025. Credit: Marius Mellebye/CC-BY-2.0 ABU DHABI, Apr 2 2015 (IPS) – The …
Despite Setbacks, Global Sanitation Makes Progress, Says Fund
An open drainage ditch in Ankorondrano-Andranomahery, Madagascar. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 2015 (IPS) – When the United Nations hosted a panel discussion last year urging its partners …
Birth Registrations Plummet in Wake of Ebola Epidemic
A nurse at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia explains the facility’s options for family planning. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 2015 (IPS) – Liberia s Ebola epidemic may …
Youngster Uses Technology to Fight Teen Pregnancy in Honduran Village
Cinthia Padilla, the 16-year-old who has revolutionised the village of Plan Grande on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, where she teaches local residents to use basic computer programmes and is …
Sterilisation of HIV-Positive Women
Rose Nakanjako, she is the Chairperson of Mama Clubs. Rose is HIV positive but she was lucky that she was not sterilised and both of her children were born HIV …