Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 2009 (IPS) – The food crisis that spilled over from last year could take a turn for the worse in the next decade if there are no explicit answers to a rash of growing new problems, including declining agricultural production, a faltering distribution network and a deteriorating environment worldwide.
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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 24 2009 (IPS) – On World Tuberculosis Day Tuesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report showing that new surveillance techniques and more complete country reports reveal the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) co-infection with HIV to be almost double what was previously thought.
Tuberculosis bacteria multiply…
Fatmeh Abu Hrar Jabeel at a breast cancer screening clinic. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPS.
DURA, Occupied West Bank, Nov 12 2012 (IPS) – Fatmeh Abu Hrar Tabeel has had her first ever breast cancer screening. “It feels good to know, of course. Thanks to god, I am well,” the 51-year-old mother of seven told IPS. “Now I can examine myself once a month from home; the doctor showed me how.”
Abu Hrar Tabeel is from Sura, a small village in the southern Hebron district, which is one of the most conservative areas in the entire West Bank. She explained that after hearing from her neighbours that a mobile clinic was offering breast cancer screenings near her home…
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 2015 (IPS) – Nine million children live in areas affected by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, while thousands have lost parents to the virus, according to a new report from The United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF).
More than 24,000 people, including 5,000 children, have been infected with Ebola since the latest strain broke out in January 2014, eventually affecting large areas of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 10,000 people have died.
While reports of new cases have slowed to a trickle, UNICEF has warned Africa and the international community to not become complacent about the virus, and highlighted its devastating effect on children in affected countries.
The , released Monday, states the mortality rate for children under…
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 20 2021 (IPS) – Despite facing the world’s worst pandemic of the last century, rich countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) have blocked efforts to enable more affordable access to the means to fight the pandemic.
Everyone knows access for all to the means for testing, treatment and prevention – including diagnostic tests, therapeutic medicines, personal protective equipment and vaccines – is crucial.
Anis Chowdhury
European deceit
In October 2020, South Africa and India requested the WTO to relevant provisions of its Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (). By May 2021, the propos…
MADRID, Dec 6 2021 (IPS) – ”All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” These words are a sound introduction to the transcendental issue of human rights and equalities, as stated by the 1948 ().
The Declaration proclaims the “inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”
All Human, All Equal is the slogan for the 2021, marked 10 December. Its relates to equality: “The principles of equality and non-discrimination are at the heart of human rights.”
According to the UN…
DUBAI, Nov 18 2021 (IPS) – In the whirl of effort nations are making to combat COVID-19, the powerful role that children and young people can play in overcoming the harmful effects of school closures is too easily overlooked.
Children are making a difference on their own within their families, schools, and communities, while also joining forces with adults in countless compelling ways. Their efforts offer us all much hope and inspiration. But we need to do so much more to ensure they can all get back to school, and safely.
At EXPO 2020 DUBAI, now underway after a postponement, the spotlight is on the grassroots efforts and remarkable actions children themselv…