Haiti: funding gap threatens the lives of nearly 86,000 children
In Haiti, the number of severely malnourished under-fives could more than double this year, UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Monday. Some could die if...
“Quitters are the real winners in the case of tobacco”, says the World Health Organization as part of a campaign to help smokers that...
The teeth of ‘wandering meatloaf’ contain a rare mineral found only in rocks
The hard, magnetic teeth of a leathery red-brown mollusk nicknamed “the wandering meatloaf” possess a rare mineral previously seen only in rocks. The mineral...
COVID danger has not passed, States must support pandemic treaty: Tedros
UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged all countries on Monday to support a pandemic preparedness treaty, warning that it would be a...
Is Sharing More than Water the Key to Transboundary Governance in the Meghna River Basin?
DHAKA, May 31 (IPS) – Kajol Miah is a rice farmer from the Bangladesh side of the Meghna River Basin. And in towns on...
First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack...
Its Time to Reimagine Our Relationship with Nature
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, May 31 (IPS) – The writer is Global Campaign Lead, Food and Forests, Greenpeace International  : The following Oped is part...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 31 (IPS) – In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich...
Slower Population Growth: The Goods and the Bads
NEW YORK, May 31 (IPS) – Results from the 2020 population censuses in the United States and China recently made headlines. But rather than...
Latin Americas Challenge of Financing Energy Recovery
MEXICO CITY, May 31 (IPS) – Hit by the pandemic’s socioeconomic and health impacts, Latin America is facing the challenge of financing an economic...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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