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...
Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others
Rawan Bo-khuntod (left) and another farmer planting seedlings. Credit: Pattama Kuentak/IPSKHLONG SONG, Thailand, Jul 6 2022 (IPS) - Hidden in...
How to Get on Track to Eradicate Extreme Poverty
Gregory Chen is Managing Director of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation InitiativeThe Graduation approach's impact goes well beyond that of the individual...
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...
Good for Girls and Good for the Planet: Eco-Friendly Sanitary Towels
Stephany Musombi and engineers preparing the banana stems for processing at KIRDI. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPSNAIROBI, Nov 16 2023 (IPS) -...
Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amid Sudan’s Conflict and Forced Displacement
Paleki Ayang, Gender Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, Equality Now JUBA, Feb 27 2024 (IPS) - Female...
Parliamentarians: Active Aging Enhanced By Using Artificial Intelligence
Parliamentarians from across Asia met in Malaysia to discuss aging and policy. Credit: APDA KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 29 2024 (IPS)...
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...
HIV Services Take a Backseat to COVID-19 in Russia
In Russia, which has one of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemics with the rate of new infections rising by 10-15...
Eliminating Age Discrimination from Lockdown Curfews
Charlotte Cooper is Campaigns Coordinator at CRIN - Child Rights International Network.Sealed playground just outside the Slovak capital, Bratislava. Credit:...