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...
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...
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...