Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth
Susan Anyangu interviews STAN BERNSTEIN, senior policy advisor UNFPA KAMPALA, Nov 19 2009 (IPS) – Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put …
Susan Anyangu interviews STAN BERNSTEIN, senior policy advisor UNFPA KAMPALA, Nov 19 2009 (IPS) – Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put …
NEW DELHI, Nov 22 2009 (IPS) – Despite getting suitably politically empowered, women in India continue to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic …
Pavol Stracansky PRAGUE, Dec 17 2009 (IPS) – Complacency and ignorance over the risks posed by HIV and AIDS are threatening to send infection rates soaring in the Czech Republic, …
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Jan 31 2010 (IPS) – A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma has brought to light an equally revealing …
Marshall Patsanza JOHANNESBURG, Mar 8 2010 (IPS) – A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund …
Kathy Barrett KINGSTON, Apr 13 2010 (IPS) – The shortage of nurses throughout the Caribbean has reached chronic proportions, in a region already struggling with an ailing health care system. …
Matthew O. Berger WASHINGTON, May 11 2010 (IPS) – Along with an expanded focus on domestic prevention and treatment, the U.S. will make a renewed effort to disrupt the flow …
Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 24 2010 (IPS) – Unable to afford treatment for his disease, Azizur Rehman, 29, has been suffering from hepatitis C for the past one year. …
Mehru Jaffer VIENNA, Jul 20 2010 (IPS) – Empowering women could more effectively help in curbing the spread of HIV, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and philanthropist said at the AIDS …
Gonzalo Ortiz QUITO, Aug 12 2010 (IPS) – The Ecuadorean government aims over the next five years to eradicate chronic malnutrition among children under one 10 percent of whom are …