Category: Health

ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Science Can Show the Way to Cleaner Mining

Diego Cevallos* – Tierramérica MEXICO CITY, Jan 25 2008 (IPS) – In 2010 the Mexican mining […]

LABOUR-MIDEAST: Missile Goes Down a Union&#39s Throat

Mohammed Omer GAZA CITY, Mar 4 2008 (IPS) – Two F-16 missiles were all it took […]

RIGHTS: A Fifth of EU Children in Poverty

David Cronin BRUSSELS, Apr 3 2008 (IPS) – Minimum levels of expenditure on addressing the causes […]

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"

Lawrence Keketso MASERU, May 14 2008 (IPS) – A two-day conference on water issues in the […]

HEALTH: Cultural Double Standards Undercut HIV/AIDS Fight

Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 2008 (IPS) – The United Nations says religion and culture […]

HEALTH-LEBANON: Cancer On the Rise

Mona Alami BEIRUT, Jul 22 2008 (IPS) – Reports of a rising incidence of cancer now […]

DEVELOPMENT: Water Progresses, Sanitation Regresses

Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 18 2008 (IPS) – The world s poorest nations are making halting […]

OIL SANDS-PART 2: "Where I Come From Is Ground Zero"

Chris Arsenault* FT. MCMURRAY, Oct 17 2008 (IPS) – The wheels of the Caterpillar 797B, the […]

CARIBBEAN: Despite Successes, Too Many Dying of AIDS

Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Dec 9 2008 (IPS) – Every day, 55 people in the […]

AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Looking Beyond Wheat and Rice

Malini Shankar BANGALORE, Feb 11 2009 (IPS) – Food security experts say India must wean itself […]