Helen Clark HANOI, Jun 18 2008 (IPS) – Doc Bernie Duff, 58, a former medic in the Vietnam War, recently led a 1,700 kilometre walk from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi to raise awareness of the problems still faced…
WASHINGTON, Jun 1 2011 (IPS) – Every year on Jun. 1, the People s Republic of China pulls out all the stops – hosting festivals, printing greeting cards and sponsoring public games and parades – in celebration of International Children…
The global drawdown in the use of leaded fuel has resulted in benefits of some 2.5 trillion dollars a year. Credit: Bigstock WASHINGTON, Apr 22 2014 (IPS) – Consumer advocates, public health workers and environmental groups here are calling on…
A Somali woman in Garowe drawing water from one of the many man-made ponds dug through a UNDP-supported initiative to bring water to drought-affected communities. Credit: UNDP Somalia MOMBASA, Kenya, Mar 22 2016 (IPS) – While the United Nations marked…
Data Entry by Specially Trained Community Health Worker in Bangladesh. Credit: Abdullah Al Kafi DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 31 2022 (IPS) – The digital transformation of thousands of community health workers in Bangladesh has dramatically enhanced their work, while enabling the…
“Migration is a right,” read the handkerchiefs held by two women at a demonstration in the Argentine capital for migrants’ rights. At left is Natividad Obeso, a Peruvian who came to Buenos Aires in 1994, fleeing political violence in her…
The writer is President & CEO, The Global Food Banking Network Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, December 15, 2021: Community members in Sowripalayam outside of Coimbatore stand in line to receive a nutritious meal from No Food Waste. Credit: The Global…