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 …
Greeks Discover the Politics of Poverty
ATHENS, Feb 16 2012 (IPS) – According to European mainstream economists and politicians, the solution to the Greek debt crisis, and the only option for returning the country to a …
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 …
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, …
Eight International Development Priorities for the new UK Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss chairs the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting from her office at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in London. Credit: Simon Dawson / BRIGHTON, UK, Sep …