RIGHTS-ASIA: Transgenders Assert Identity At AIDS Meet

BALI, Aug 12 2009 (IPS) – There has been so much confusion going around transgenders. We […]

HEALTH: WHO Data Underscores Pneumonia’s Deadly Toll

Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Sep 11 2009 (IPS) – New data released by the World Health Organisation […]

SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Chinese Dams Expose Fault Line in Mekong Region

Marwaan Macan-Markar CHIANG MAI, Thailand, Dec 9 2009 (IPS) – A heated debate about the future […]

RIGHTS-US: NGOs Praise End to HIV Travel Ban

Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Oct 30 2009 (IPS) – Global health and U.S. AIDS activists are hailing […]

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 […]