When Emergencies Last for Decades
Water scarcity is fuelling violence in Kenya. Credit: Protus Onyango/IPS. UNITED NATIONS, May 20 2016 (IPS) – For the millions of people whose lives have been uprooted by conflict and …
Women’s Health Takes Center Stage at UN Population Awards
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 2016 (IPS) – Social Scientist, Carmen Barroso and Polish Organisation, Childbirth in Dignity received the United Nations Population Awards here Thursday for their outstanding work in …
Food Safety Issues Rise in Colombo
Aug 8 2016 – This newspaper’s News Desk has been following up on Public Health issues for some time, and their ongoing reports should raise concerns among Colombo residents, both …
Want to Prevent Stroke, Diabetes, Cancer? Get Moving… Now!
Worldwide, 81 per cent of school-aged children are not active enough. Photo: WHO ROME, Feb 2 2017 (IPS) – Tired, lazy, bored, laying down long hours watching TV or seated …
Climate-Smart Agriculture – From Tanzania to Vietnam
Farmers clear weeds from a trench, which retains water and prevents soil erosion during rains, as part of the FAO project to strengthen capacity of farms for climate change in …
Digitizing Family Planning: The Way of the Future
Digitizing SRHR communication: some of the popular mobile phone apps currently used in India by the government and an NGO. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS LONDON, Jul 17 2017 (IPS) – Online …
The World Is Running Out of Much Needed New Antibiotics
Posters: Misuse of antibiotics and risks. Credit: WHO ROME, Oct 4 2017 (IPS) – The world is running out of new antibiotics to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, …
The Political Responsibility in the Collapse of Our Planet
Roberto Savio is founder of IPS Inter Press Service and President Emeritus The premises of a school inundated by floodwater. Shibaloy in Manikganj district, Bangladesh. Credit: Farid Ahmed/ IPS ROME, …
Conflicts Force Up Global Hunger Levels
Almost 400,000 famine victims who fled to the Mogadishu for aid at the height of famine, are still living in one of the many refugee camps outside Mogadishu. Credit: Abdurrahman …
Keep Water Out of the Reach of Children
Behailu Shiferaw is communications specialist for WaterAid in the East Africa region. Mukakibibi, 50, is a two-term village chief in a village in Rweru, Bugesera, Rwanda. Credit: WaterAid/ Behailu Shiferaw …