Vainesi, a former trachoma trichiasis patient, cheers in celebration knowing that trachoma has been eliminated in Malawi. Vainesi had suffered…
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In Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, violence against women is not…
Doctors say Hamlin, who suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed during a US football game last week, is ‘doing well’.United…
Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels)Wednesday, January 04, 2023Inter Press ServiceBRUSSELS, Jan 04 (IPS) – Three years after the coronavirus first emerged…
Opinion by Anis Chowdhury (sydney)Monday, January 02, 2023Inter Press ServiceSYDNEY, Jan 02 (IPS) – 2022 has been a year of great…
Announcing the news, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has already begun contacting communities to ensure a smooth operation. Measles, which is preventable, remains a major…
A global population weary of the chaos caused by COVID-19 pandemic had to contend with a new, highly transmissible variant…
A young child receives vaccine drops in Pakistan, but the region has experienced an upsurgence of cases because of vaccine…
A Dalit woman stands outside a dry toilet located in an upper caste villager’s home in Mainpuri, in the northern…
In Africa only 60% of the estimated TB cases have been diagnosed. All the other infections are hidden by poverty—and…