Pratap Chatterjee*
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 2007 (IPS) – Today, almost four years after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Iraq s healthcare system is still a shambles.
While most hospitals lack basic supplies, dozens of incomplete clinics and warehoused high-technology equipment remain as a testament to the U.S. experiment in Iraq.
Today, almost four years after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Iraq s healthcare system is still a shambles.
While most hospitals lack basic supplies, dozens of incomplete clinics and warehoused high-technology equipment remain as a testament to the U.S. experiment in Iraq. Meanwhile the hospitals are grappling with an unexpected health crisis the daily toll of bombs and sectarian clashes, which leaves over a hundred dead each day and more seri…
Mark Weisenmiller
TAMPA, United States, Mar 28 2007 (IPS) – As a nine-member commission prepares to investigate allegations of ineptitude at the United States largest and most prestigious military hospital, politicians in Washington are waiting to see if any more colleagues associated with the scandal will lose their jobs.
Numerous problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre including mouse feces, dead cockroaches and mould in the residential outpatient buildings, and an often-numbing level of red tape first came to national attention in February when the Washington Post published a series entitled The Other Walter Reed.
Reporters Anne Hull and Dana Priest spent approximately four months investigating the living conditions and standards of care for soldiers recup…
Fabiana Frayssinet
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 13 2010 (IPS) – You can only have one mother, as the saying goes, but in Brazil there are 215 ways of becoming a mother, one for each of the ethnic groups in this South American country. Promoting maternal health while respecting cultural traditions is a major health challenge.
A Marubo woman has her blood pressure checked. Credit: Courtesy of Edmar Chaperman/FUNASA
Silvia Angelice de Almeida, who works at the state National Health Foundation s (FUNASA)…
Teenage pregnancy affects 1.4 million Filipino girls aged 15 to 19. Credit: Stella Estremera/IPS
MANILA, Dec 15 2014 (IPS) – Mae Baez sees some of the darkest sides of communications technology.
A child rights advocate with the secretariat of the Philippine NGO Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Baez says, “Teenage pregnancies continue to rise, street children are treated like criminals who are punished, children in conflict with the law and those affected by disasters are not taken care of, and now, with the prevalence of child porn, children know how to video call. “The government has not intervened in protecting children from early mar…
Albert Kanga’s plantain farm on the outskirts of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPS
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire, Jul 18 2016 (IPS) – Albert Kanga Azaguie no longer considers himself a smallholder farmer. By learning and monitoring the supply and demand value chains of one of the country’s staple crops, plantain (similar to bananas), Kanga ventured into off-season production to sell his produce at relatively higher prices.
“I am now a big farmer. The logic is simple: I deal in off-season plantain. When there is almost nothing on the market, mine is ready and …
Experts say proper hygiene, especially during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life is critical. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 15 2022 (IPS) – For two days in a row back in 2018, four-year-old Calvin Otieno suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting, and his mother responded by giving him a salt solution.
Pearl Otieno tells IPS that diarrhoea among children in Kibera, the largest urban informal settlement, is commonplace. A mixture of salt and warm water is often the go-to remedy.
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