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KENYA: TB Patients Held in Prison
- Inter Press Service
When a doctor instructs a patient to take one tablet three times a day, she often has no way to ensure the instructions are followed. Many stop taking their medication once they feel they have regained their strength — especially when the course of treatment lasts for months. When the medicine is for a highly infectious disease like tuberculosis, defaulting on treatment can have serious consequences...
Irrigation Transforms Lives in Southern Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
More than a million people will need food aid in Zimbabwe this year. As the government looks to boost agriculture production, one rural community is leading the way by using irrigation schemes to improve food security and income.
CARIBBEAN: EPA Not so Momentous After All, Study Says
- Inter Press Service
Almost two years after the controversial and sweeping trade pact known as an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was signed between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries, a new study says the impact of the EPA has proved to be, as its proponents claimed, relatively mild.
ZIMBABWE: Big Market, Bigger Challenges for Matabeleland Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Most fruits and vegetables sold in Bulawayo are imported from South Africa, because farms immediately around Zimbabwe's second city cannot meet demand. Locals are paying high prices as a result.
Women, Children Top U.N.'s Anti-Poverty Agenda
- Inter Press Service
All eight of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are critical to development, but numbers four and five on child and maternal health are the real priority areas for this year. That was the main takeaway from a series of briefings with U.N., NGO and country officials in which IPS participated this week.
INDIA: Cereals Rot in the Rain While the Poor Stay Hungry
- Inter Press Service
When India's Supreme Court reacted to the news that thousands of tonnes of grain were rotting in the rain due to lack of granary space and ordered the government to distribute the surplus free of cost to the hungry, it seemed like the logical thing to do.
CAMBODIA: Gov't Heats Up Anti-Smoking Campaign
- Inter Press Service
For anti-smoking advocate Mom Kong, the ubiquitous flashy cigarette advertisements he sees throughout Cambodia’s capital city are a major barrier to reducing smoking.
'Orange' Maize Could Save Eyesight of Millions of African Children
- Inter Press Service
'Orange' maize, a variety of the common cereal crop, could improve the lives of millions of malnourished people by providing increased vitamin A in their diet, according to a new study released here this week.
CHINA: Journalists Risk Their Lives to Expose Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Despite what are often overwhelming obstacles, a gutsy minority of investigative reporters in China continues to expose official corruption and criminal behaviour. But they do so at their own peril.
Africa's Water Security Hinges on Better Infrastructure
- Inter Press Service
As Africa continues its seemingly endless struggle for water security, why is the beleaguered continent lagging behind Asia and Latin America - despite commitments and declarations by political leaders?
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