KIEV, Aug 17 2014 (IPS) – Doctors are warning of a worsening tuberculosis epidemic in Eastern Ukraine as the continuing conflict there begins to take a heavy toll on public health.
With thousands of people fleeing the region every day, medical supplies severely disrupted and those left behind under growing physical stress and increasingly unable to access medical services, conditions are ripe for a rise in new TB cases.
Dr Masoud Dara, Tuberculosis Programme Manager at the World Health Organisation (WHO) , told IPS: “The situation with TB was not good before the conflict, but we can say that the conflict has certainly made it worse.”Since the outbreak of hostilities and the Ukrainian military’s push to reclaim control of areas in Eastern Ukraine from pro-Russian se…
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin is the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 2014 (IPS) – The tragic deaths and injuries of women following sterilisation in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have sparked global media coverage and public concern and outrage.
Now we must ensure that such a tragedy never occurs again.
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Credit: UNFPA
The women underwent surgery went with the best intentions – hoping they were doing the right thing for themselves and their families.
Now their husbands, children and parents are left to live without them, reeling with …
Alice Atieno relies on sack farming outside her shanty in the sprawling Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Kenya. COVID-19 reversed gains made in poverty reduction, and the unequal access to vaccines has deepened global inequality. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 29 2022 (IPS) – Even as COVID-19 brought Africa’s already fragile health care and economic systems to the brink, wealthy states colluded with corporate giants to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the ongoing health pand…
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons
Since the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan in 2021, numerous women grapple with profound mental health challenges, often in silence, fearing repercussions for speaking out. Credit: Learning Together
May 16 2024 (IPS) – Afghanistan is grappling with a growing crisis of mental illness, particularly among its women, a…