Reclaiming Our Future
BANGKOK, Thailand, May 23 2022 (IPS) - The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or...
The Dying Children Divide
Sizable differences in the levels of children dying persist especially between more developed and less developed regions. Credit: Franz Chávez/IPSPORTLAND,...
Africa, The Looted Continent
Mineral supply chains are often linked to child abuse, human trafficking, forced labour and other human rights violations. Credit: Tommy...
New Business Technology Transfer Provides Benefits for African Pharmaceutical Industry
The African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation will be hosted by Rwanda. It is part of the African Development Bank’s commitment to...
Research Uncovers Cheaper Diagnostic Tools For Chronic Hepatitis B in Africa
Patients in Africa often cannot access treatment as per the WHO hepatitis B guidelines. Now researchers have found a way...
Neglected Tropical Disease Mycetoma Research Gains Momentum
Patients outside the Mycetoma Research Center in Sudan. Credit: DNDi NAIROBI, Apr 7 2023 (IPS) - The disease burden and...
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Is Unaffordable for Poor Girls and Women in Latin America
This article is part of IPS coverage of Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrated on May 28.Young women from the Brazilian state...
Improving Healthcare for All
KUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Jul 19 2023 (IPS) - In 2015, almost all heads of government in the world committed...
Nepal’s Covid-19 Immunization Campaign – An Unlikely Frontrunner
Healthcare worker of Manang Delivering vaccine through risky road after flood in 2021. CREDIT: Badri Acharya/IPSKATHMANDU, Aug 23 2023 (IPS)...
Increasing Wastewater Treatment Is Vital for Families and Ecosystems in El Salvador
A group of "curileros" ride in a boat in the bay of Jiquilisco, in the Pacific Ocean off the Salvadoran...