William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 24 2006 (IPS) – Most abstinence-until-marriage education programmes in the United States which receive about 158 million dollars annually from the Department of Health and Human Services are not reviewed for scientific accuracy before they…
Enrique Gili SAN DIEGO, United States, Apr 13 2007 (IPS) – A low-rise bungalow on a busy street here serves as the world headquarters and nerve centre for Whale Tails, a tortilla chip company dedicated to making healthier snack food…
BRATISLAVA, Nov 27 2009 (IPS) – Rights activists are hoping a landmark announcement by the Czech government regretting forced sterilisation of Roma women in the past will push politicians in neighbouring Slovakia to follow suit. The Czech government this week…
JUBA, Apr 3 2012 (IPS) – Before Bor B Primary School built latrines on the school grounds two years ago, students would leave during their first break to head home. Most did not come back until the next morning. Before…
UNITED NATIONS, May 15 2012 (IPS) – For several decades, governments around the globe have turned to privatisation as the best option to help relieve the world s destitute by providing them with health care services, water and electricity. By…
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos immunising a child. Courtesy: Toluwa Olusegun LAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 19 2012 (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Sunday Oderinde sits by the side of the road with both legs folded under him and watches his friends play a…
Kids work side by side at a temporary school for those displaced by floods in eastern Nepal. Many children experience trauma, fear or other psychological impacts of natural disasters, but few receive the necessary treatment. Credit: Mallika Aryal/IPS SURKHET, Nepal,…
Raghbendra Jha is Professor of Economics, and Executive Director Australian National University. CANBERRA, Australia, Jul 6 2020 (IPS) – The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 set off a series of health and economic crises that feed upon…
Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director, West and Central Africa Region, UNFPA and Shoko Arakaki, Director of Humanitarian Office, UNFPA NEW YORK, Sep 21 2020 (IPS) – The countries of Central Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—face an unprecedented crisis, marked by violent…
School meals have a host of benefits, including improving enrollments and preventing malnutrition. Now the School Meals Coalition plans to recruit local food producers to assist in the programme. Credit: Bill Wegener/Unsplash United Nations, Nov 26 2021 (IPS) – Meals…