BURMA: 'Junta Aid Blocks Could Multiply Cyclone Toll'
Marwaan Macan-MarkarBANGKOK, May 11 2008 (IPS) - Burma s military regime may soon face charges of allowing tens of thousands...
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Prescription Drug Abuse on the Increase
Zukiswa ZimelaJOHANNESBURG, Mar 5 2010 (IPS) - Twenty-two-year-old Sara Allen* uses prescription medication to get high. An increasing number of...
COVID-19 Has Blown Away the Myth About ‘First’ and ‘Third’ World Competence
JOHANNESBURG, May 15 2020 (IPS) - One of the planet’s – and Africa’s – deepest prejudices is being demolished by...
Music Collective ‘Megative’ Dubs Out the Negative
The members of Megative, with Gus van Go (far left). Credit: Daviston JeffersPARIS, Sep 2 2020 (IPS) - Even as...
The Year of Debt Distress and Damaging Development Trade-Off
SYDNEY, Jan 27 2023 (IPS) - As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade...
Can a Pledge to End TB Stick This Time Around?
In India, a doctor checks a patient’s x-ray for lung damage, which may indicate tuberculosis. Credit: ILO/Vijay Kuty On...
Afghan Moms Receive a Fresh Start in the United States
Credit: UNHCRTEANECK, New Jersey, Apr 26 2022 (IPS) - It was a long, harrowing road for Freshta and Shabaneh, two...