Category: Health

Water Security Critical for World Fastest-Growing Economy

Water tanks and pots are used to store water all over Myanmar. Credit: Sara Perria/IPS YANGON, […]

Biogas Brings Heat and Light to Pakistan’s Rural Poor

Nabela Zainab prepares tea on the biogas stove in her home in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The stove […]

Dhaka Could Be Underwater in a Decade

This story is part of special IPS coverage of World Humanitarian Day on August 19. Dhaka […]

Aging, Depression and Disease in South Africa

Manoj K. Pandey is Lecturer in Economics, Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Vani […]

Genetically Engineered Disappointments

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is a former economics professor who served as a senior UN official during […]

Pope Francis Donates to FAO for Drought, Conflict-Stricken East Africa

Children in the town of Embetyo, Eritrea. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Connell ROME, Jul 21 2017 (IPS) – […]

Driven to Extremes–How Poverty Fuels Extremism, and How to Help Africa’s Youth

Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya. Follow him on twitter: African Union […]

Fate of the Rohingyas – Part Two

Rohingya refugees carry blankets at a camp in Bangladesh. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 16 […]

The Gang Rape and Murder of an 8 Year Old Child in India

Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. A protest march in New Delhi […]

Bad career choice?

Jul 23 2018 – As with so many other professions, nursing remains a neglected line of […]