Category: Health

GUATEMALA: A Tax Code by and for the Oligarchs?

Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Nov 23 2009 (IPS) – Taxation and government spending are the targets of […]

U.S.: Triage for a Terminally Ill Health System

Ellen Massey WASHINGTON, Dec 23 2009 (IPS) – Early on Christmas Eve morning, the United States […]

UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive

Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA , Feb 4 2010 (IPS) – HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother […]

INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path

Kanis Dursin JAKARTA, Mar 11 2010 (IPS) – Battling the pain from a boil on his […]

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Conflict Complicates Aid to Disabled

Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 15 2010 (IPS) – The rising number of civilian casualties in […]

PAKISTAN: TB-Afflicted Women Struggle to Overcome Social Stigma

Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 17 2010 (IPS) – Abdul Wahid s wife had been unwell […]

MEXICO: Laws Criminalising HIV Transmission Are Discriminatory

Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jun 29 2010 (IPS) – In 30 of Mexico s 32 states […]

PAKISTAN: Depression, Poverty Make A Deadly Mix

Zofeen Ebrahim LAHORE, Pakistan, Jul 20 2010 (IPS) – She survived the nightmare, but three of […]

Cancer Surge Getting Short Shrift in Developing World

Megan Iacobini de Fazio NEW YORK, Aug 15 2010 (IPS) – Although long treated as a […]

AFRICA: Governments Failing to Take the Threat of HIV Seriously

Chris Stein JOHANNESBURG, Sep 10 2010 (IPS) – Experts worry that African governments are failing to […]