First Asian Leprosy Assembly Calls for Greater Social Inclusion for the Affected
Amar Bahadur Timalsina, president of IDEA, Nepal, a group founded by people with leprosy for people with leprosy, is in...
Kenya’s March Towards Demographic Dividend with Investments in Health Sector Partnering with The Netherlands
H.E. Frans Makken is Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 1 2019 (IPS) - Demographic dividend is...
Austerity, the “New Normal”
Isabel Ortiz is Director of the Global Social Justice Program at Joseph Stiglitz’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University,...
Four Ways to Prevent Deaths from Lassa Fever
Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health WatchCredit:...
Pulses for a Sustainable Future
Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Rome-based UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP). He was President of the...
TB, HIV and COVID-19: Urgent Questions as Three Epidemics Collide
Credit: WHO/ F. Tanggol. Mar 25 2020 (IPS) - Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV pose a significant burden on South Africa’s...
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...
Alive Amidst the Mayhem of COVID-19 – A Sex Worker’s Story
NEW YORK, Apr 9 2020 (IPS) - For a Bangladeshi woman, who has worked as a sex worker since childhood,...
Argentina’s Debt Restructuring “Groundhog Day”… or Maybe Not? Three Key Points
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 29 2020 (IPS) - On April 17, the Alberto Ángel Fernández administration in Argentina officially unveiled its...
The Hotting-Up of the Sino-American Spat: Most Dangerous Side-Effect of Covid-19?
Singapore, May 18 2020 (IPS) - When the United States and China signed the First-Phase of their Trade Agreement in...