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  1. Q&A: Misinformation in the Time of an Uncontainable Virus

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 (IPS) - Just a month since the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency, it is now taking steps to contain misinformation being spread about the disease. Globally, there have been more than 82,000 cases of Coronavirus, which has claimed 2,800 lives -- the majority being in China, where the disease has been traced to.

  2. Senegal Farmer Succeeds with Regenerative Agriculture & Begins Teaching Others

    - Inter Press Service

    SILVER SPRING, Maryland, USA, Feb 28 (IPS) - Souylemane Samb sits under a crowded tent on a hot Senegalese day. He wears a canvas vest with Trees for the Future printed across the back.

  3. The Italian Pyramid: Scientific Observatory at the Top of the World

    - Inter Press Service

    MILAN, Italy, Feb 27 (IPS) - Hello! Are you Italian?
    No, I'm from Nepal.
    Ops.

    Kaji Bista is the staff manager of the Ev-K2-CNR's innovative Pyramid International Laboratory/Observatory (known as the Italian Pyramid) at 5,050 m a.s.l. located in Lobouche.

  4. Climate-Smart Agriculture means More Time for Eswatini Women Farmers

    - Inter Press Service

    NGWEMPISI, Eswatini, Feb 27 (IPS) - In the southern African nation of Eswatini, women, who already have too many household chores, have had to spend many hours for days on end in the fields, tilling and weeding the soil. But thanks to the gradual introduction of Climate-Smart Agriculture, some are beginning to harvest the gains of more time for their families.

  5. Biofortified Crop Project Reaches Refugees in Zambia

    - Inter Press Service

    LUSAKA, Zambia, Feb 27 (IPS) - The Mutwales farm a small plot of land in the camp, growing primarily cassava and maize for food. They are also one of the 105 refugee farming families participating in an initiative during the 2019/2020 growing season to help them cultivate nutritious, vitamin A-biofortified orange maize, which was developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in partnership with HarvestPlus.

  6. Child Death Grief a Public Health Threat

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Feb 27 (IPS) - Grief over the loss of a child poses a threat to public health in Sub-Saharan Africa, as nearly two-thirds of mothers in some countries suffer the death of at least one child, a study has found.

  7. Let’s prevent post-partum depression and provide care to those in need

    - Inter Press Service

    ABUJA, Feb 25 (IPS) - Recently, Nigerian feminist author Ukamaka Olisakwe spoke about her post-partum depression after giving birth in the city of Aba, southeast Nigeria. This follows her 2019 Longreads essay, in which she narrated painful details of her experience.

  8. Tanzania Investigative Journalist Pays Heavily for Freedom

    - Inter Press Service

    KAMPALA, Feb 25 (IPS) - After six months in prison, Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera has finally been released at a cost of $118,000.

  9. Lucky Trump Looking Smug

    - Inter Press Service

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    SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 (IPS) - Meeting the President of the Republic of Korea in September 2019, President Donald J Trump bragged that the "US economy is the envy of the world". Trump reiterated such claims in his State of the Union address in early February, hailing his own policies with typical humility.

  10. UN Chief Should Lead by Example on Human Rights

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has long needed to overhaul his approach to human rights. Hopefully his call to action announced in Geneva yesterday is the start of something new.

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