Syrian Crisis Threatens Development in Arab World
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 …
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 …
Caden Clark has Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a catastrophic form of epilepsy that causes him to have seizures from 10 to 20 times a day. Courtesy of the Clark Family. SPOKANE, Washington, …
Water is supplied by the military in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: UN Photo/Kibae Park UNITED NATIONS, May 6 2014 (IPS) – A U.N. working group mandated to formulate a set …
Bosena, 25, sits on the side of a busy road in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, with a baby in her arms. Ethiopia is among the countries listed as having made …
Fearing the presence of militants, personnel from law enforcement agencies keep a strict watch on camps set up by relief groups in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …
Women now comprise the majority of the poor and old in Japan, the world’s third largest economy and fastest-aging society. Credit: S. H. isado/CC BY-ND 2.0 TOKYO, Sep 18 2014 …
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 …
Caring for MDR-TB patients at home or even at taking them to hospitals is a challenge for relatives, especially as the disease is uncertain to completely go away after treatment. …
Women organise themselves into small collectives, to better bargain and trade their produce. Credit: Helen Keller International NEW YORK, Mar 1 2015 (IPS) – Women in Bangladesh are carving healthier, …
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there will be between 1.5 and 1.9 billion smokers worldwide in 2025. Credit: Marius Mellebye/CC-BY-2.0 ABU DHABI, Apr 2 2015 (IPS) – The …