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...
MADRID, Apr 29 (IPS) – Every now and then, experts remind that the Indigenous Peoples are the best (and last?) custodians of the essential...
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 –...
KIGALI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Desperate to escape the rural area where she was engaged in the informal economy in Kayonza, a district in...
NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Public health specialists say that an ongoing wrangle between the Indian government and the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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...
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...