HEALTH: Criminalisation of Abortion ‘The Wrong Concept’
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Kristin Palitza
CAPE TOWN, Oct 8 (IPS) – One hundred African women and girls die unnecessarily from unsafe abortions every day because they have to rely on unqualified medical practitioners or self-induce abortion by ingesting poisonous substances or inserting tools into their uterus.
Africa has the [...]
HEALTH: Africa Leads World in Premature Infant Deaths
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Chryso D’Angelo
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 (IPS) – An estimated 13 million babies worldwide are born prematurely and more than one million die each year, say health experts.
Africa tops preterm birth rates around the world at 11.9 percent, followed by North America (10.6 percent) and [...]
HEALTH-AFRICA: If Men Were Dying En Masse…
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Miriam Mannak
CAPE TOWN, Oct 5 (IPS) – Maternal mortality rates in Africa constitute a ”monumental tragedy” that requires urgent attention by African governments, health experts say.
”Expectant mothers in Africa, of all pregnant women in the world, are worst off. An average African woman has [...]
ZAMBIA: Orphans Learn Life Skills Through Soccer
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Lewis Mwanangombe
LUSAKA, Oct 4 (IPS) – For 70 minutes, the girls in the distinctive gold-and-green jersey of Brazil shut out the attacks by the visiting team. The bare feet of chubby-faced left back Njavwa Silungwe are lively in defence.
The yellow-clad Chibolya Queens eventually lose [...]
CNN Reports On Health Care Horror – Battling Medical Bankruptcy
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October 2, 2009
CNN Reports On Health Care Horror – Battling Medical Bankruptcy
HEALTH: Fighting AIDS in Conservative Mauritania
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Ebrima Sillah
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 4 (IPS) – Campaigners against HIV/AIDS in Mauritania face an uphill task to put their messages across, especially those that deal with safer sex and condom use. Campaigners have to cut corners in order to avoid angering the country’s powerful religious clerics. [...]
MEXICO: Green Therapy on the Rooftops
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Verónica Díaz Favela* – IPS/IFEJ
MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 (IPS) – In the last two years a Mexico City hospital, kindergarten and municipal government office building have experimented with plant-covered rooftops. Today, workers and visitors are enjoying the benefits.
Eight months ago, the first ”nature roof” [...]
