News stories by Milfred Perkins
Mental Health Work in Humanitarian Crises
- Inter Press Service
When the devastating ‘Boxing Day’ tsunami hit Sri Lanka in December 2004, claiming over 35,000 lives and rendering 1.5 million people homeless, the World Health Organization (WHO) was confronted by a second disaster soon after it arrived to begin relief efforts in early January.
Corporate Influence Clouds Vaccine Pledging Conference
- Inter Press Service
Between 2011 and 2012, 6.4 million children could die of preventable diseases, a number greater than the total population of Denmark or Norway.
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