News headlines for “Third World Debt Undermines Development”, page 1316
Bricks in Brazil - Eco-Friendly, Low-Cost and Cool
- Inter Press Service
Clay or earthen bricks could help to alleviate the housing shortage in Brazil because of the lower cost of brick buildings, while an innovative process for producing what are known as 'ecological bricks' can avoid the environmental harm arising from more usual building materials.
AFRICA: Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection and Offers Hope to Women
- Inter Press Service
When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trail many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners.
GUATEMALA: Reviving Lake Atitlán
- Inter Press Service
'There are hardly any tourists now, and nearly all the hotels are empty,' says Rosa Rosales, who works at the Hotel Pa Muelle, on the shores of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán, a natural treasure that has been overcome by pollution.
Window of Opportunity For Sahel Rapidly Closing
- Inter Press Service
Over the past six months, the levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in the Sahel belt of West Africa have increased at alarming rates, putting over 10 million people at risk across the region - particularly in Niger and Chad.
HEALTH: U.S. Intensifies Anti-Counterfeit Drive in East Africa
- Inter Press Service
The U.S.’s recent promotion of intellectual property (IP) rights in Uganda is an indirect way of introducing the Anti-Counterfeits Trade Agreement (ACTA) debate in East Africa.
BURMA: Loophole Gives Junta Room to Go Nuclear in Secrecy
- Inter Press Service
Thanks to a loophole in the international regime to control the proliferation of nuclear weapons, military-ruled Burma could very well carry out its reported intent to go nuclear behind a veil of secrecy, free of scrutiny from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
MALAYSIA: Debate on Sex Education Rises with Teen Pregnancies
- Inter Press Service
The prospect of motherhood filled 17-year-old Fatimah’s heart with dread.
SWAZILAND: HIV - Long Distances Place Expectant Mothers at Risk
- Inter Press Service
Affectionately known as Gogo Zondo by the community of Ndvwabangeni in northern Swaziland, Margaret Zondo is a traditional health practitioner who helps treat the sick and delivers babies.
PAKISTAN: Depression, Poverty Make A Deadly Mix
- Inter Press Service
She survived the nightmare, but three of her six children, as well as her husband, did not. In fact, Muzammil Akbar says, it was her husband Akbar Ali who had fed poison to their three eldest children before handing her a 'handful of white tablets'.
KENYA: HIV Strain Among Gays Same as Strain in Heterosexuals
- Inter Press Service
Because of societal pressure and the criminality associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya, Omondi Maina* married a woman. This is despite being involved in homosexual relationship for the last 10 years.
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