Pavol Stracansky
KIEV, Aug 4 2010 (IPS) – Drug users and doctors legally prescribing substitution drugs to addicts a key tool in the battle with the country s growing HIV epidemic are facing illegal police intimidation and imprisonment, HIV/AIDS activists in the Ukraine say. Fears are rising that the country s approach to the disease could be changing for the worse.
Two doctors have been arrested, medical centres treating drug users raided by police, and drug users receiving substitute treatments detained en masse in a series of recent concerning events, they say.
They also point to the announcement of plans to close the country s top HIV/AIDS treatment centre this month as a signal that the new Ukrainian leadership is moving away from its predecessors positive strate…
The conflict in Syria has destroyed much of the country’s water infrastructure, leaving five million people suffering from a critical water shortage. Credit: Bigstock
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 2015 (IPS) – Imagine having to venture out into a conflict zone in search of water because rebel groups and government forces have targeted the pipelines. Imagine walking miles in the blazing summer heat, then waiting hours at a public tap to fill up your containers. Now imagine realizing the jugs are too heavy to carry back home.
This scene, witnessed by an engineer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is becoming all too common in embattled Syria. I…
African Water Bank technicians put the final touches on a water storage tank at a homestead in the Duka Moja area of Narok County, Kenya. Credit: Justus Wanzala/IPS
NAROK, Kenya, Jul 12 2016 (IPS) – Rainwater harvesting in Kenya and other places is hardly new. But in this water-stressed country, where two-thirds of the land is arid or semiarid, the quest for a lasting solution to water scarcity has driven useful innovations in this age-old practice.
The African Water Bank (AWB), an international…
BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 5 2022 (IPS) – Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools that governments can use to remedy these deficiencies and ensure that the rights and aspirations of these workers and their families are upheld and that they remain the engine of economic growth for the region.
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
A new report released today, the , offers tangible solutions to immediately address alarming trends that both preceded the new coronavirus and were exacerbated by the pandemic.
While 243 million new people…
Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is Former President of the Republic of Mauritius
Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Mar 30 2023 (IPS) – On 12th March 2023, The Republic of Mauritius celebrates 55 years of post-independence history. It would be an understatement to just say that there has been a lot of water under the bridge on our journey to self-determination!.. Indeed, we have made massive progress since we lowered the Union Jack and unfurled our own flag. It was and remains a moment of great pride whenever I see our flag in any international event, I participate in.
We are a small vulnerable island, deprived of natural resources and at the …