U.N. Task Force Pushes for Investment in Teen Girls
Elizabeth WhitmanUNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2011 (IPS) - Risk of sexual violence, limited access to education, and health issues such...
Integrating HIV Care with Broader Maternal and Child Health
Isaiah EsipisuNAIROBI, Mar 20 2011 (IPS) - From the outside, little has changed at the Maternal and Child Healthcare Clinic:...
China Registers Rapid Growth – In Anxiety
Mitch MoxleyBEIJING, Apr 21 2011 (IPS) - Long considered a sign of weakness or a bourgeois indulgence, psychiatry is slowly...
Arab Spring Solidarity Defies National Boundaries
VANCOUVER, May 25 2011 (IPS) - Ever since the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ordinary citizens...
MIDEAST: Medical Crisis Worsening in Gaza
Eva BartlettGAZA CITY, Jun 19 2011 (IPS) - During the first years of the siege, we could still manage, but...
UGANDA: Maternal Deaths Against Constitutional Rights
Rosebell KagumireKAMPALA, Jul 8 2011 (IPS) - When Valente Inziku s wife, Jennifer Anguko, went into labour they had decided...
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...
Finding Opportunity in a World of Seven Billion
Elizabeth WhitmanUNITED NATIONS, Sep 15 2011 (IPS) - Next month, the world s population will reach seven billion people, a...
POPULATION-CUBA: Young People as Agents of Change
Dalia AcostaYoung people have a decisive role to play in Cuban society, U.N. experts say. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPSHAVANA, Nov...
Mexico Ignores Warnings about Bisphenol A
Emilio Godoy* - TierraméricaMEXICO CITY, Dec 20 2011 (IPS) - Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in strong plastics, is...