Farmers Can Weather Climate Change – With Financing
WFO President Evelyn Nguleka pinning the WFO emblem on Zambian President Edgar Lungu. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPSLIVINGSTONE, Zambia, May 6 2016...
Month: September 2024
Governments Slow to Respond to Elder Abuse
Toby Porter is Chief Executive Officer of Health Age InternationalCredit: Maricel Sequeira/IPS.LONDON, Jun 15 2016 (IPS) - Although instances of...
List of Acts President Must Do for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Jul 27 2016 - President Rody Dutuerte’s SONA could not possibly give details about every important program of his administration....
Why Polio Campaigns Must Reach Every Last Child in Kenya
Rudi Eggers is WHO Country Representative in Kenya and Werner Schultink is UNICEF Representative in KenyaCredit: ©UNICEFKENYA/2011/MODOLANAIROBI, Jan 20 2017...
Disease Burden Growing as Vector Insects Adapt to Climate Change
Dry drains will reduce the numbers of mosquitoes breeding, but now the Aedes aegypti mosquito is going underground to breed...
Ending Child Marriage Could Add Trillions to World Economy
In Nepal, many children who suffer from malnutrition belong to young mothers. In fact, teen marriages and pregnancies are common...
Torturing Detainees Is Immoral and Ineffective, Says UN Human Rights Chief
Eritreans protesting in Tel Aviv. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPSUNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 2017 (IPS) - A Manual for Investigative Interviewing to...
For Freedom from Poverty, Universal Health Coverage Is a Must
is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya. is the Global CEO of Amref Health Africa. Nearly one million Kenyans...
High and Dry: Can We Fix the World’s Water Crisis?
This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of World Water...
Project Population: Addressing Asia’s Ageing Societies
A seventy-year-old woman laughs with family members inside a grocery store in Tachilek, Myanmar. UN Photo/Kibae ParkUNITED NATIONS, Jun 20...