HEALTH: U.N. Warns of 650 Million Deaths by Smoking
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2008 (IPS) – Of the more than 1.3 billion smokers alive today, about 650 million will eventually be killed by tobacco, warns a new …
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2008 (IPS) – Of the more than 1.3 billion smokers alive today, about 650 million will eventually be killed by tobacco, warns a new …
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 …
Complications of pregnancy and child birth are a leading cause of preventable deaths and ill health among adolescent women in Kenya. But research shows a combination of modern contraceptives for …
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 2021 (IPS) – Illicit financial flows (IFFs) hurt all countries, both developed and developing. But , accounting for of world tax revenue. IFFs refer …
At the World Health Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping said they did their “best to stem cross-border transmission” of COVID-19 and help other nations. People wearing face masks at a …
Displaced, Dec 7 2021 (IPS) – Over the past two years, the global refugee response has been tested. The world is being rocked by the greatest pandemic in over a …