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 …
BURMA: Foreigners, Cameras Banned in Cyclone-Hit Areas
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 13 2008 (IPS) – Images of the dead keep trickling out of Burma. The most moving are those of children who died when Cyclone Nargis tore …
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 …
HEALTH-TOGO: Increased Drug Use Shadows Growing Trafficking
Noel Kokou Tadégnon LOME, Jul 18 2008 (IPS) – As the Togolese capital becomes a regional hub for drug trafficking, many drug addicts in Lomé are seeking assistance to kick …
HEALTH: Safe Sex With HIV – and Without a Condom?
Daniela Estrada* – Tierramérica MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 2008 (IPS) – The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS set off a small firestorm of debate by asserting that people living with …
POLITICS-US: Palin and Christian Right on Abortion Warpath
Bill Berkowitz* OAKLAND, California, Oct 14 2008 (IPS) – Although the issue of abortion has not come up in either of the U.S. presidential or vice presidential debates, it is …
HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: Cholera Now a National Emergency
All across Harare, people tell of how healthy-looking people are dying within hours of consuming the dirty water that many residents have resorted to in the absence of clean drinking …
HEALTH: U.S. Urged to Pay Fair Share of Global Fund
Mirela Xanthaki UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 2009 (IPS) – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is facing a critical funding gap of five billion dollars an …