Category: Health

The value of a health scheme

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 26 2018 (IPS) –   The challenges for the success of Ayushman Bharat are […]

Q&A: Important to Treat Anyone Suffering from Leprosy as an Equal Individual

Alice Cruz is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected […]

Sexual Exploitation of Minors is a Crime Against Humanity

I wasn t a big fan of Jeffrey Epstein. That I can tell you. I didn […]

World Closer Than Ever to Seeing Polio Disappear for Good

A Pakistani child receives a dose of the oral polio vaccine (OPV). Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS UNITED […]

Indigenous Knowledge, a Lesson for a Sustainable Food Future

BCFN Yes winner Geraldin Lengai is researching bio-integrated crop management among tomato farmers in Tanzania. Credit: […]

Child Death Grief a Public Health Threat

An eight-month-old boy is examined by a doctor in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS […]

Far From Home During a Pandemic

About 2,000 Nepalis are among foreign workers quarantined in a camp between streets 1-32 of the […]

No Woman Should Ever Die Giving Life

Rafiullah Wardak looks upon his newborn daughter Amina, recovering after being wounded by gunmen who stormed […]

Few Clinical Trials are Done in Africa: COVID-19 Shows Why this Urgently Needs to Change

Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS Apr 10 2020 (IPS) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its quest […]

Protect Journalists’ Rights so We can Stop the COVID-19 Disinfodemic

Stella Paul is the recipient of the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award, a multiple winner of […]