Lucas Ledwaba JOHANNESBURG, Dec 11 2005 (IPS) – Nombuso Mdluli, a home-based caregiver for people with AIDS, has a daily acquaintance with the suffering that HIV can inflict on its victims. For some reason, though, it is the plight of…
Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Apr 15 2009 (IPS) – Glyphosate, the herbicide used on soybeans in Argentina, causes malformations in amphibian embryos, say scientists here who revealed the findings of a study that has not yet been published. The observed…
During shortages of antiretrovirals due to strikes by health staff, Lucia Wakonyo resorted to self-medication. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS NAIROBI, Jan 29 2014 (IPS) – In early January 2008, during the violence that rocked Kenya after disputed general elections, a man…
Credit: UN ABUJA, Mar 30 2020 (IPS) – As COVID-19 surges globally and leaves fear and panic in its wake, global efforts are underway to find a cure. Yet, the same level of response is lacking for several other infectious…
Credit: Bibbi Abruzzini PARIS, Jun 10 2021 (IPS) – In the last 20 years, . At global level we witness on average one sweeping disaster a day, the majority of which are floods and storms. From the Covid-19 pandemic to…
NEW YORK, Dec 20 2021 – In 2021, COVID-19 continued to plague the world – a world already burdened by armed conflicts, climate-induced disasters and forced displacement. Communities, nations and people struggled to maintain normalcy in the midst of the…
South India has a higher rate of diabetes compared to North India, possibly due to its partiality towards white rice, which has a high glycaemic index. | Picture courtesy: Total Health May 10 2022 (IPS) – At a healthcare clinic…
At a hand pump in Village Mata Devi, Rajasthan, India. Credit: UNICEF/Panjwan DAKAR, Senegal, Mar 24 2022 (IPS) – At the World Water Forum this week (March 21-26), the international community will raise awareness of the worldwide who lack access…