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Pests like insects, mice, and wildlife frequently become issues in homes and businesses when left unchecked, causing damage or spreading germs. While dealing with them yourself seems tempting initially, professional pest control experts apply integrated methods to protect properties better in the long term through advanced training, eco-friendly products, and skillfully extensive experience. Let’s explore […]

Norway and the other Nordic countries have not recommended the use of face masks in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic. Many other countries have not only recommended face masks, but even made them mandatory in many situations and locations where people meet. The virus and the available research on the effect of various infection control […]

Have you ever been curious about what it would be like to enhance your intimate area but didn t want to talk to your partner about it? Intimate plastic surgery, also known as labiaplasty, is one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgery trends in America, and many women go under the knife without consulting their partner […]

Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 15 2007 (IPS) – For nearly a week the advertising pages of Thai and English-language dailies have been the stage for debates on Thailand s decision to break patents on anti-AIDS drugs in the interest of public health. A lobby championing the cause of the powerful pharmaceutical companies ran full-page spreads […]

Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 2007 (IPS) – Despite its enormous wealth and highly advanced technology, the United States lags far behind other industrialised countries and even some developing ones in providing adequate health care to women during pregnancy and childbirth. The U.S. ranks 41st in a new analysis of maternal mortality rates in […]

Abra Pollock WASHINGTON, Dec 5 2007 (IPS) – Globalisation, climate change, and the mass production of biofuels are pushing up food prices worldwide, which could jeopardise the livelihoods of the world #39s poorest, according to a report released Tuesday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Man working a rice field in Bangladesh. Credit: […]

Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Apr 2 2008 (IPS) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced a new policy for indigenous people, which includes novel approaches to political participation and the protection of natural resources in the hands of the country s native groups. Some say the problem facing indigenous people is just poverty, and that good […]

Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 2009 (IPS) – When the United Nations concluded its International Year of Sanitation (IYS) last December, it left behind some 2.5 billion people worldwide waiting in line for toilets that did not exist or were in short supply. The most positive outcome of IYS is that it raised the […]

Adam Robert Green LONDON, Jun 28 2010 (IPS) – A proposed anti-counterfeit trade deal between 10 countries and the European Union (EU) could create a new set of barriers to the export of generic medicines to low income countries . Everest Panda gets medicine for her baby from nurse Khetase Kapira in the children s […]

Ibrahim Sobeh and his son Mahmud with the device they built for domestic fuel production. Credit: Khaled Alashqar/IPS. GAZA CITY , May 7 2014 (IPS) – On the roof of a modest house amidst the alleys of Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, Ibrahim Sobeh and his sons spent more than 200 days working […]