Libya Fights Increased Drug Trafficking
Abdulhakim Belhasi (r), the spokesperson for the Libyan special police unit set up in 2012 under the crime squad to...
Month: September 2024
Q&A: AIDS-Free Future Means Fighting Homophobia
Mathieu Vaas interviews MICHEL SIDIBÉ, executive director of UNAIDSMichel Sidibé. Credit: Courtesy of UNAIDS.UNITED NATIONS, May 22 2013 (IPS) -...
U.S. Regulatory System “Stymied by Special Interests”
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 2013 (IPS) - A broad-based alliance of public interest and other groups is warning that years of...
Indonesia Comes under Fire for Fires
Recently deforested peat land intended for oil palm plantations in Borneo, Indonesia. Credit: glennhurowitz/CC-BY-2.0KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 2013 (IPS) -...
Survivors Question U.N. Focus on Legalising Sex Work
The two reports in question acknowledge the human rights of sex workers, be they current or former. The two reports...
Pros and Cons of Uganda’s New ARV Therapy for Pregnant Women
I am not a MOH spokesperson but I would like to respond to some of these concerns as a paediatrician...
The Virtual Doctor Will See You Now
CHILANGA, Zambia, Jan 9 2014 (IPS) - There are thousands of miles between Chanyanya Rural Health Clinic, a basic medical...
South Africa Battles Drug-Resistant TB
South Africa is battling to reduce its cases of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) with the success rate for those on treatment...
U.S. Nearing Approval of Next Generation of Herbicide-Resistant Crops
Use of Roundup Ready crops has been so widespread in the United States over the past decade and a half...
No Limits to Shale Gas Chemicals in Mexico
A cocktail of polluting chemicals is used in hydraulic fracturing, the method used to extract shale gas, for example at...