News headlines for “Human Population”, page 273
The 50 Essential Products That Could Help People With Disabilities
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 (IPS) - Wheelchairs, hearing aids, white canes and braille typewriters are just some of the products that help people with disabilities to participate fully in everyday life.
Soil Degradation Threatens Nutrition in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 15 (IPS) - Curbing soil degradation is essential for ecological sustainability and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Drought Dries Up Money from Honey
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 15 (IPS) - "It is everything" is how smallholder farmer Nyovane Ndlovu describes beekeeping, which has long been an alternative sweet source of income for drought-beaten farmers in Zimbabwe.
Governments Slow to Respond to Elder Abuse
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 15 (IPS) - Although instances of elder abuse are widespread around the world, many government responses have been inadequate.
Climate-Proofing Agriculture Must Take Centre Stage in African Policy
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Rwanda, Jun 14 (IPS) - After over a year of extreme weather changes across the world, causing destruction to homes and lives, 2015-16 El Niño has now come to an end.
Seeds for Supper as Drought Intensifies in South Madagascar
- Inter Press Service
BEKILY, Madagascar, Jun 14 (IPS) - Havasoa Philomene did not have any maize when the harvesting season kicked off at the end of May since like many in the Greater South of Madagascar, she had already boiled and eaten all her seeds due to the ongoing drought.
Political Contests Must not Push Kenya Over the Precipice Again
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 14 (IPS) - Kenyans, and friends of Kenya, are once again hoping that the five-yearly ritual of elections will not take the form of widespread ethnic violence and destruction of property. However, recent intransigent positions over the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) are a cause for apprehension and concern.
AIDS Meeting Was Bold but Disappointing, Organisations Say
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS) - Though the High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS ended with the adoption of bold and life saving targets, many organisations have expressed their disappointment in its outcomes.
Bougainville Women Turn Around Lives of ‘Lost Generation’
- Inter Press Service
HAKO, Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Jun 13 (IPS) - Finding a sense of identity and purpose, as well as employment are some of the challenges facing youths in post-conflict Bougainville, an autonomous region in eastern Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Islands.
Antibiotic Resistance Requires Global Response Similar to AIDS, Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - Addressing antibiotic resistance will require a global political response similar to the way the world has reacted to climate change or HIV / AIDS, Sweden's Minister of Public Health Gabriel Wikstrom, told IPS recently.
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