Month: October 2024

Kristin PalitzaCAPE TOWN, Jun 8 2009 (IPS) - Although mental disorders, such as depression and dementia, are a commonly associated...

Natalia Ruiz DíazASUNCIÓN, Jul 1 2009 (IPS) - Silvino was riding his bike on a dirt road near our home...

NAIROBI, Aug 6 2009 (IPS) - Roughly a billion dollars a year is spent fighting malaria. Using this money most...

Stephanie NieuwoudtCAPE TOWN, Sep 1 2009 (IPS) - It is the middle of the day but 25-year-old Lyle Arendse of...

Stephen LeahyUXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 29 2009 (IPS) - Of the tens of thousands of toxic sites affecting the health of...

Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI, Oct 22 2009 (IPS) - Scientists and activists say that but for the fact that the brinjal...

Saaleha Bamjee-MayetJOHANNESBURG, Dec 11 2009 (IPS) - In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are...

Marcela ValenteBUENOS AIRES, Jan 26 2010 (IPS) - Some 300 women a year die in Argentina of complications during pregnancy,...