TPP is “Worst Trade Agreement” for Medicine Access, Says Doctors Without Borders
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7 2015 (IPS) - “The TPP will…go down in history as the worst trade agreement for access...
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Family Planning in India is Still Deeply Sexist
Rural Indian women are under enormous pressure from family to not go in for any oral contraceptive method or injections...
Kenya’s Young Inventors Shake Up Old Technology
A solar-powered mower on display with its inventors, Kenyan university engineering students Emma Masibo (left) and Lucy Bwire, with their...
Yoga Unites the UN for Sustainable Development
'Sadhguru' Jaggi Vasudev leads yoga at the UN on International Yoga Day. Credit: Valentina Ieri / IPS.UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21...
New Alliance to Shore Up Food Security Launched in Africa
PAP officials attend the workshop for members of the Pan African Parliament and FAO to advance the Food and Nutrition...
Demonstrating the Power of Partnerships: The Potential for Universal Health Care in Kenya
Dr Stephen Karau, Kenya’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to The United Nations, WTO & Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. @DrKarau GENEVA,...
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)...
For India’s Urban Marginalized, Reproductive Healthcare Still a Distant Dream
Sex workers in India’s Chennai city demonstrate their skills in slipping condoms on a phallus. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS CHENNAI/LONDON, Jul...
Falling off the health-care radar
Vani S. Kulkarni is a Lecturer in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.; Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global...
Production Diversity, Diet Diversity and Nutrition in Sub -Saharan Africa
Raghav Gaiha is (Honorary) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Insitute, University of Manchester, England; & Shantanu Mathur is Lead Advisor,...