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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 […]

Africa is grappling with managing diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis as health systems that are unable to cope with both this and the coronavirus pandemic. Sleeping under a net and taking antimalarial pills helps prevent malaria. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 11 2020 (IPS) – Experts across Africa are warning that as hospitals […]

Thembeni Mkingofa, a woman living with HIV, visits the PMTCT section of the Makhume District Hospital, Zimbabwe. She has three children – 14, 10 and 2 who are all HIV negative. This is her fourth pregnancy. Her husband is also on HIV treatment. Here she is pictured with her two-year-old daughter, Hilda Chakiryizira. 5 November […]

We need help illuminating the dark matter in food and charting the intricate interplay between food, ecosystems, climate and health, argue the authors. Credit: Shutterstock. Jun 20 2024 (IPS) – This year, bee pollen has become a trendy superfood thanks to a wide range of . Last year, led the superfood trends. Before that, it […]