IRAQ: Between the Two Rivers, Lack of Water Kills
Ali al-Fadhily*BAGHDAD, Aug 17 2007 (IPS) - The collapse of Iraq #39s infrastructure has created a worsening water crisis that...
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ENVIRONMENT-CHINA: What Makes A Good Dam?
Prime Sarmiento interviews respected Chinese environmentalist YU XIAOGANGMANILA, Sep 7 2009 (IPS) - The Chinese government needs to engage local...
Shift in Illicit Drug Use Bodes Ill for Developing World
Matthew O. BergerWASHINGTON, Jun 23 2010 (IPS) - While drug use has largely stabilised in industrial countries, there are signs...
More Information to be Shared on AIDS Vaccine
Mehru JafferVIENNA, Jul 18 2010 (IPS) - Scientists participating in the 18th International AIDS conference that opens in Vienna Sunday...
Somali Women Bear Superhuman Burden
Inaki BordaUNITED NATIONS, Aug 9 2011 (IPS) - While the exit of the Al-Qaeda-backed rebel group Al Shabaab has led...
Long Way to Go for Indigenous Rights Protection
Tadodaho Sid Hill (shown on screens), Chief of the Onondaga Nation. Credit: UN Photo/Evan SchneiderUNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 2017 (IPS)...
Include Indigenous People in COVID-19 Response
Pratima Gurung is General Secretary, the Global Network of Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities (IPWDGN) President, the National Indigenous Disabled Women...
Pharma Giant’s TB Drug Decision Welcomed, But Not All Developing Countries Benefit
Dr Abhijit Bhattacharya, MS, Central Hospital Kalla, Eastern Coalfields Ltd., assesses an x-ray of a TB patient. Credit: ILOBRATISLAVA, Jul...
Asia-Pacific Response to COVID-19 and Climate Emergency Must Build a Resilient and Sustainable Future
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAPBANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 8 2020 (IPS) - The...