Joyce Mulama
NAIROBI, Jan 24 2007 (IPS) – The issue of violence exacerbating the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in women, has remained a hot one at the World Social Forum (WSF), taking place here this week.
>From Africa to Asia, activists are reiterating that violence against women remains a threat to the HIV/AIDS fight, and that without governments addressing the matter, winning the war against the disease will be an uphill task.
Violence is largely a cause of HIV infection among many women; violence in the homes and in the streets, violence everywhere, says Ludfine Anyango, the national HIV/AIDS coordinator at Action Kenya-International.
The fact that women do not have an upper hand in negotiating their sexual relationships exposes them to the risk of …
Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN, May 2 2008 (IPS) – More people have died of cholera following recent floods in Mozambique than the number of those who perished in the rising floodwaters. Most rivers in central and northern Mozambique burst their banks after heavy rains in December, January and February, and as a result of Cyclone Jokwe which hit in early March.
Exact figures are not readily available, but it is believed that about dozen people lost their lives in the floods, while three were eaten by crocodiles that had escaped their usual habitats. However, the international relief organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, MSF), says that at least 72 people have died of cholera and an equal number because of other waterborne diseases such as dysentery.
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Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Sep 8 2011 (IPS) – Having to contend with U.S. army drones and the crossfire between the Taliban and the Pakistani army, the residents of Pakistan s tribal areas find access to treatment for HIV/AIDS harder than in most other parts of the world.
AIDS awareness seminar for medical students and HIV infected people in Peshawar. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS
Currently, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the Federally Administered…
Unregulated sales of antibiotics are contributing to growing resistance. Credit: Adil Siddiqi/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2016 (IPS) – Addressing antibiotic resistance will require a global political response similar to the way the world has reacted to climate change or HIV / AIDS, Sweden’s Minister of Public Health Gabriel Wikstrom, told IPS recently.
“(These problems) began with a small group of experts discussing and trying to warn the rest of us and it was not until it was politically addressed …
Since the introduction of penicillin in the middle of the 20th century, antimicrobial treatments have been used not only in human medicine but in veterinary care as well. But their excessive use in livestock (and aquaculture) contaminates the environment and contributes to a rise of resistant microorganisms, posing threats to human health, animal health, food security and people’s livelihoods. Photo: FAO
ROME, Jan 11 2017 (IPS) – There is a major though silent global threat to human and animal health, with implications for both food safety and food security and the economic well-being of millions of farming households. It is so-called anti-microbial resistance.
The probl…
Emily Walsh is the Community Outreach Director with the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance
WALLINGFORD, CT, US, Sep 14 2018 (IPS) – Earlier this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (EPA) issued a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) on asbestos, a naturally occurring mineral that is also a known carcinogen. Asbestos is the only definitive cause of mesoth…
Congestion in public hospitals is frequent in Latin America even without epidemics. Long waits and the need to resort to out-of-pocket spending to obtain medical assistance are common in the region. CREDIT: Courtesy of Integralatampost
CARACAS, Apr 4 2020 (IPS) – Health systems in Latin America, already falling short in their capacity to serve the population, especially the poor, are in a weak position and face serious risks when it comes to addressing …