HEALTH-US: Debating the Right to Die
Carmen Gentile MIAMI, Jun 18 2007 (IPS) – The recent release from a U.S. state prison of assisted-suicide practitioner Jack Kevorkian has sparked renewed interest in the legal and ethical …
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: Maternal Deaths, The Neglected Tragedy
Tonderai Kwidini HARARE, Jul 17 2007 (IPS) – It is a nasty experience which I do not want to be reminded of. But if you try to keep it to …
HEALTH-PAKISTAN: Drug Addicts Routinely Denied Anti-HIV Medicines
Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Aug 18 2007 (IPS) – #39 #39I ve been running temperature for the past 25 days and lost about five kg in the last one month just …
HEALTH-WEST AFRICA: Rural Areas Said To Be in the Shadow of AIDS Efforts
Fulgence Zamblé ABIDJAN, Sep 16 2007 (IPS) – Certain West African researchers have expressed concern at the disparities between rural and urban areas in their countries as regards HIV/AIDS services …
Q&A: "No Cookie-Cutter Solution to Sanitation Crisis"
Interview with Sim Jae-Duck, Korean legislator and sanitation activist UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12 2007 (IPS) – As the United Nations finalises plans to launch the International Year of Sanitation 2008 …
MIDEAST: Palestinians Get Some Medical Care
Ramsey Ben-Achour RAMALLAH, Nov 6 2007 (IPS) – After packing the ambulance with medical equipment and bags full of medicine, Dr. Jameel Mashny, Dr. Rami Habash and their nurse, Maysa …
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Waking Up Finally to the HIV and AIDS Threat
Kevin Pamba MADANG, Dec 5 2007 (IPS) – When the new government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) set up in August a separate ministry devoted to containing HIV and AIDS …
HEALTH-INDIA: Bird Flu Virus Outpaces Culling in West Bengal
Sujoy Dhar KOLKATA, Jan 23 2008 (IPS) – When nine out West Bengal state s 19 districts were declared on Wednesday to be in the grip of a bird flu …
LEBANON: This Amputation Won’t Be the Last
Rebecca Murray SARAFAND, Lebanon, Feb 29 2008 (IPS) – Rasha Zayoun sits quietly in the bustling doctor s office, a small figure hunched in her chair, while her mother recounts …
ENVIRONMENT: A Contest for the Biggest Loser
Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, Mar 31 2008 (IPS) – Toyota, the world s largest automaker, is facing the wrath of U.S. green groups and corporate watchdogs for its constant opposition …