HEALTH: Global Fund Launched for Lifesaving Drugs
Alejandro Kirk UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 2006 (IPS) – A global fund to purchase massive amounts of medicines for developing countries with money coming from solidarity flight taxes and other …
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 …
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 …
COVID-19 in the Time of Insecurity
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal AMMAN, Jordan, Mar 26 2020 (IPS) – Humankind has outlived multiple pandemics in the course of world history. The kingdoms and states of Central …
Senior UN Leaders Show Their Support to Afghan Women and Girls, Urge Taliban to Reverse Their Bans
Women receive food rations at a food distribution site in Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: UNICEF/Sayed Bidel UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 2023 (IPS) – Recent visits to Afghanistan by senior-led UN delegations …
Reform Needed As Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Post-Pandemic Support
Informal sector only received 4 percent of post pandemic funds even though the sector accounts for more than 2 billion workers, many of whom are women. Credit: IITA BRATISLAVA, Oct …
COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America
Adequate maternal care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is essential to curbing the high maternal mortality rates in Latin America, which stopped falling due to women’s health care …