Local Communities in Mexico Show Ways to Fight Obesity
A farmer harvests amaranth in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. This grain, of which two of the varieties originated...
Month: September 2024
Reverse Engineering for SDGs
Dr. Kakoli Ghosh, Strategic Program on Sustainable Agriculture Management Team, FAO Ms. Loreta Zdanovaite, Partnerships Officer, Division of Partnerships, FAOROME,...
Poor Outlook for HIV-positive Children in Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 2019 (IPS) - Over 785 people have been diagnosed with HIV in Larkana, Pakistan. 82% of...
Three Ways to End HIV Stigma and Discrimination
Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health WatchABUJA,...
Science & Policy Must Remain Partners in Mercury Challenge
Celia Chen is Director, Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program David Evers is Executive Director and Chief Scientist, Biodiversity Research...
A Bigger Impact in a Smaller World: The China Situation
People wear face masks in the waiting area at China's Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. Credit: UN News/Jing ZhangNEW YORK, Feb...
Arts, Culture – Trying to Keep the Lights on amid Covid-19
Writers who were supposed to be at the now cancelled PEN World Voices Festival. (Courtesy of PEN America)Mar 24 2020...
Healthy Oceans: Keeping Asia and the Pacific Afloat
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAPCredit: Unsplash / Adolfo Félix BANGKOK, Thailand, May...
What Journalists Should Know About Coronavirus Cellphone Tracking
Avi Asher-Schapiro,*Senior Global Tech Correspondent at Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), in an interview with Bill Marczak, a postdoctoral researcher...
Staring at a Human Security Catastrophe
NEW DELHI, Apr 28 2020 (IPS) - The defining images of South Asia’s battle against Covid-19 are hundreds of thousands...