HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
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 …
JAMAICA: Nursing Exodus May Only Get Worse
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. …
New U.S. Drug Strategy Still Heavy on Enforcement
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 …
PAKISTAN: Prevalence of Hepatitis Infection Still Alarming
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. …
Women Vital in Global Fight Against AIDS
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 …
ECUADOR: All-Out Offensive Against Child Malnutrition
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 …
AFRICA: Stronger Will Needed from Governments to Save Poorest Children
Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI, Sep 8 2010 (IPS) – Herding goats is tough with the thirst, sun, loneliness and hunger each day. And it can last forever. You herd as a …
GE Salmon an Ambiguous Milestone for Aquaculture
Matthew Berger WASHINGTON, Oct 1 2010 (IPS) – The march toward domesticating the last wild food source may be about to take a major step forward in Washington for better …
HAITI: Cholera Outbreak Highlights Clean Water Crisis
Ansel Herz PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 28 2010 (IPS) – The man arrived from Arcahaie, near St. Marc in central Haiti where a cholera outbreak exploded last week, initially overwhelming the local …
AFRICA: Threat of a Perfect Storm – AIDS and a Fresh Food Crisis
Davison Mudzingwa CAPE TOWN, Dec 1 2010 (IPS) – In November, the Food and Agriculture Organisation was just one of many voices warning that food prices have risen to levels …