Category: Wellness

Pam Bailey GAZA, Apr 13 2010 (IPS) – It was bad enough that Ahmad Asfour was severely maimed by an Israeli drone strike outside his house on Jan. 9, 2009. But, his search for advanced treatment landed the journalism student, now 19, in Israeli prison where he remains. Samir Asfour with a picture of his […]

Mantoe Phakathi MANZINI, Swaziland, May 13 2010 (IPS) – Africa cannot survive without us, is the message from grandmothers representing all corners of the continent. March at the birth of the African Grandmothers Movement: We demand economic independence to support our families. Credit: Mantoe Phakathi/IPS More than 3,000 grandmothers marched in the streets of Swaziland […]

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 […]

Isaiah Esipisu NAIROBI, Jul 20 2010 (IPS) – Because of societal pressure and the criminality associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya, Omondi Maina* married a woman. This is despite being involved in a homosexual relationship for the last 10 years. David Kuria of the Gays and Lesbians Coalition of Kenya […]

Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 13 2010 (IPS) – I used to work on the south coast, cutting sugar cane, and I would go all the way to Belize to pick oranges during the harvest. I went through a lot so we could get by, Héctor Pan, a Q eqchi Indian in Guatemala who has […]

Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Sep 9 2010 (IPS) – Ángel Valencia was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Mexico four years ago with a bipolar disorder. Today, after treatment, he is back in society and is an activist with the Washington-based organisation Disability Rights International. But Valencia s success story is an exception in this […]

Peter Boaz WASHINGTON, Oct 2 2010 (IPS) – Global health advocates are strongly urging the Barack Obama administration to remain financially supportive of the fight against HIV/AIDS, amidst fears that economic prudence from the U.S. will reverse encouraging gains. On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs heard testimony from White House […]

Christiana Weidanz NEW YORK, Oct 28 2010 (IPS) – It is safe to say that the candidates running in Florida for the Nov. 2 congressional elections do not have a campaign stop planned for Tallevast. Residents there believe that they have been abandoned by the government. Most do not even know who their representative is […]

Dalia Acosta HAVANA, Dec 2 2010 (IPS) – Margot Parapar gets plenty of laughs from the audience with this joke: Now the human body is divided into five parts: head, trunk, upper and lower limbs, and condom. Using his female stage name, Cuban drag queen, comedian and health promoter Oliver Alarcón includes HIV/AIDS prevention messages […]

Milagros Salazar LIMA, Jan 15 2011 (IPS) – The U.S. mining and metallurgical company Doe Run has once again challenged the Peruvian government. The Renco Group, of which it is a subsidiary, notified the government of its plans to start an international arbitration process, invoking the free trade agreement between this South American country and […]