News headlines for “Human Population”, page 466
Smoking Kills Mostly the Poor in India
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Nov 30 (IPS) - Mujeeb Rahuman (39), a mason in the Venjaramoodu village in Thiruvananthapuram, the southernmost district in India's coastal Kerala state, has been a chain smoker for the past twenty years.
Major New U.S. AIDS Plan Disallows Funding for Family Planning
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (IPS) - At perhaps a critical turning point in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the U.S. government, the single largest funder in that fight, on Thursday unveiled a major new strategy for pushing towards achieving an "AIDS-free generation", the stated U.S. goal.
Evolving HIV Strains Worry Indian Scientists
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (IPS) - While India has drastically reduced the spread of HIV over the past decade, new strains of the virus that cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are troubling medical scientists in this country.
A Million Hardships in Pakistan’s North
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 29 (IPS) - More than a million people displaced from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas by growing militancy and military operations are facing severe hardship after losing businesses and work.
Mapuche Indians Fight New Airport in Southern Chile
- Inter Press Service
TEMUCO, Chile, Nov 28 (IPS) - "This is a project that reflects the occupation…of Mapuche territory," said Iván Reyes, an indigenous leader staunchly opposed to the construction of an international airport in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía.
Feminists Want to Paint Cuba Purple
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Nov 28 (IPS) - There were no purple billboards on city streets, and no public service announcements on television to mark the date. But many different voices in Cuba remembered that this year marked the centennial of the birth of the local feminist movement, a platform for fighting for equality and against gender-based violence.
Taking the Knowledge of Doha back to Kenya’s Rural Communities
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Nov 28 (IPS) - The skyscraper Qatari capital city of Doha is a far cry from Cecilia Kibe's home in Turkana district, a remote area in Kenya inhabited by mostly nomadic communities and pastoralists hit hard by the effects of climate change.
Why Are Women Shut Out of Peace Talks?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of an upcoming U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting on women, peace and security, a coalition of some 63 international women's groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has decried the absence of women during peace negotiations in post-conflict situations.
Chinese and Brazilian Firms Building the New Angola
- Inter Press Service
LUANDA, Nov 27 (IPS) - "In Luanda there are no matches." This was the first line of a report written by Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez in the Angolan capital in 1977.
Development Targets Ride on Vitamins
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (IPS) - One hundred and ninety million – that's more than the populations of Germany, France and Poland combined. It is also the number of children affected by vitamin A deficiency around the world.
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