Doctors have taken to the streets to raise awareness of the decrepit state of Egypt’s underfunded health system. Credit: Cam McGrath CAIRO, Dec 9 2012 (IPS) – Hospitalised for impaired kidney function, Eman El-Behery needed three medicines to bring her…
Uganda’s parliament has passed controversial legislation that criminalises the “wilful and intentional” transmission of HIV. Activists have called the HIV Prevention and Management Bill “giant leap backwards in the global struggle against HIV” Credit: Amy Fallon/IPS KAMPALA, May 15 2014…
Jul 2 2021 – The Bangladesh government does not fully meet the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so and has demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the…
Fisherman Godknows Skota holds gutted and cleaned fish. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 13 2024 (IPS) – Local informal food markets feed millions of urbanites in bustling African cities, but the consequences of tainted food could be illness and…