An open drainage ditch in Ankorondrano-Andranomahery, Madagascar. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 2015 (IPS) – When the United Nations hosted a panel discussion last year urging its partners …
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 …
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 …
Rose Nakanjako, she is the Chairperson of Mama Clubs. Rose is HIV positive but she was lucky that she was not sterilised and both of her children were born HIV …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …