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 –...
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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...
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...
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...
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)...
Outlining a new four-pronged investigation strategy to the Security Council on Thursday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) pledged his commitment to...
World Press Freedom Faces a Perfect Storm
TORONTO, Canada, Apr 29 (IPS) – The UN will be commemorating World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The following article is part of...
Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how effective dialogue between employers, workers and governments, is the best way to strengthen safety and health at work,...
General Assembly reviews global progress towards sustainable urbanization
With six in 10 people expected to be living in cities by the end of the decade, the UN General Assembly met on Thursday...
The prosecution of Brazil’s former President, Luiz da Silva, violated his right to a fair trial, his right to privacy and his political rights,...
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