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Grow Food, not Tobacco. Credit: PAHOby Thalif Deen (united nations)Thursday, June 01, 2023Inter Press ServiceOn May 31, the World Health Organization…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last…
Several human-caused threats lay behind the current annual loss of up to 40% of food crops globally, mainly due to…
A doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance by…
Credit: ShutterstockOpinion by Audrey Azoulay (paris)Monday, May 01, 2023Inter Press ServicePARIS, May 01 (IPS) – Freedom of the press is the…
Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada)Sunday, April 30, 2023Inter Press ServiceTORONTO, Canada, Apr 30 (IPS) – Peak oil was first…
An aerial photograph of a busy roundabout in Lusaka Zambia. Credit: UNRSF.Opinion by Nneka Henry (geneva)Thursday, April 27, 2023Inter Press ServiceGENEVA,…
by Thalif Deen (united nations)Tuesday, April 18, 2023Inter Press ServiceUNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) – The massive leak of a treasure…
Midwives Lucie Banionia and Lydie Mawelo help deliver the future at the General Reference Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of…