Kathryn Barry NEW YORK, Jan 6 2010 (IPS) – The documentary Living in Emergency is as graphic as it is gripping, following doctors working in humanitarian crises as they face death, disease and despair in Liberia and the Democratic Republic…
Claire Ngozo LILONGWE, Mar 15 2010 (IPS) – At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says…
Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Pakistan, Apr 21 2010 (IPS) – Thirty-something Shazia could not contain her joy as she watched an artificial leg being strapped on her right leg, just below her knee. My husband carried me here, but I will…
Wambi Michael* KAMPALA, May 21 2010 (IPS) – The international push behind Kenya s controversial Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 dates back as far as October 2006 when the World Customs Organisation held its first intellectual property rights (IPRs) seminar in…
Daniela Estrada* SANTIAGO, Jul 22 2010 (IPS) – Many Latin American countries have made strides in legislation and policies that promote sex education and health services for young people, which are essential for fighting AIDS. But implementation has been slow…
NAIROBI, Aug 20 2010 (IPS) – Kenyans are still euphoric over the referendum endorsing a progressive new constitution; but the heat generated by its opponents around their main rallying point abortion rights is a reminder of the wide gap between…
NAIROBI, Sep 14 2010 (IPS) – Campaigners for increased health financing welcome the commitment by African Union member states to direct more resources to health. But the needs of the continent seem to dwarf available budgets. A busy clinic in…
Aimable Twahirwa interviews ANTHONY HAWKRIDGE, tuberculosis researcher KIGALI, Oct 8 2010 (IPS) – Despite the availability of a vaccine, 1.3 million people worldwide died from tuberculosis (TB) in 2008, according to the World Health Organisation. Most of them lived in…
Rosebell Kagumire SOROTI, Uganda, Nov 4 2010 (IPS) – Josephine Adongo s heart leapt when she heard that two doctors from Kampala were offering free medical exams in Soroti. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer at a regional hospital more…
Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Dec 8 2010 (IPS) – It s much more fun to die of old age than to die of AIDS. And if you die with your lifelong partner, so much the better. Avoid AIDS: be faithful is…