Julia Kallas interviews MOZHGAN SAVABIEASFAHANI, an Environmental Toxicologist at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 2012 (IPS) – A new study confirms what many …
A team from Kawempe Home Care visits Barbara Namirimu, one of their patients, at her home in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Andrew Green/IPS WASHINGTON, Nov 29 2012 (IPS) – At perhaps …
Various strains of medical marijuana. Credit: scpr.kpcc/cc by 2.0 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 30 2013 (IPS) – Since the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington fully legalised marijuana via ballot initiatives …
Gustavo Capdevila interviews GERMÁN VELÁSQUEZ, former WHO official GENEVA, Apr 5 2013 (IPS) – India’s refusal to grant patent protection for the anti-cancer drug Glivec, developed by Swiss drugmaker Novartis, …
MALAGA, Spain, May 24 2013 (IPS) – The death of a young Senegalese man from tuberculosis in Spain, following alleged lack of medical care, triggered a new outcry by civil …
“I’m happy being a prostitute,” says the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign poster that was subsequently withdrawn. Credit: Beijo da Rua RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 12 2013 (IPS) – Happiness, the subject …
Media (r) with her assistant Daryan (l) in a Kurdish region in the Qandil mountains. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS. QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq, Jul 26 2013 (IPS) – I witnessed a Turkish …
There is little oversight of the quality of medicine in remote areas such as Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS. SYDNEY, Sep 30 2013 (IPS) – Reports …
A Nov. 15 town hall event on HIV/AIDS in New York. Credit: Courtesy of Matt Curtis/VOCAL-NY NEW YORK, Dec 1 2013 (IPS) – Four hundred Eighth Avenue, home to the …
At the Kawrgosik Refugee Camp near Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, more than 200,000 refugees from Syria are being hosted by the regional government. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe …