Mali’s ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is a worrying development in itself but it also reflects growing regional intolerance...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 29 (IPS) – The recently disseminated Zero Draft Ministerial Declaration of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)– the main...
The $55 billion baby formula industry must end exploitative online marketing targeting parents, particularly mothers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new...
Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples, the Last Custodians
MADRID, Apr 29 (IPS) – Every now and then, experts remind that the Indigenous Peoples are the best (and last?) custodians of the essential...
Government Ministries Must Collaborate to End Teenage Pregnancy Crisis in Kenya
Apr 29 (IPS) – The Ministry of Health in Kenya recently reported there were 45,754 cases of adolescent pregnancies between January and February this year –...
Breaking Vicious Cycle of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
KIGALI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Desperate to escape the rural area where she was engaged in the informal economy in Kayonza, a district in...
INDIA: Healthcare Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic
NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Public health specialists say that an ongoing wrangle between the Indian government and the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Commitment to African Medicines Agency Needs More Than Words
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, Apr 29 (IPS) – Across Africa, local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies are responding to the urgent need for locally produced medical products and...
Science News celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Across the century, we’ve covered the latest advances in science, technology and medicine, from the birth...
How I decided on a second COVID-19 booster shot
Booster shots against COVID-19 are once again on my mind. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that older people and immunocompromised people are...
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