Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Jan 17 2007 (IPS) – I wouldn t have thrown her out but would certainly have remarried, says Mohammad Qasim easily, sitting in a verandah at the Koohi Goth Maternity Centre in the suburbs of this southern port city.
Married for 16 years to Qasim, Najma Bibi bore him eight children. Three of them died, the last from obstructed labour that called for surgical intervention to reapir obstetric fistula. Najma cannot thank her doctors enough, for they saved her marriage.
When complications arose during labour, the dai or traditional birth attendant (TBA) gave up and asked Qasim to take Najma to a doctor. We didn t have money for an operation (Caesarean section) so I went to my relatives to borrow some, said Qasim. Najma waited in pain and by the time …
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Mithre J. Sandrasagra
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 2007 (IPS) – Halfway to 2015, the year when the globally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are supposed to be reached, the crisis in water and sanitation as well as in water resources management remains among the great human development and environmental challenges.
In the run-up to World Water Day on Thursday, the United Nations is stressing the importance of good governance and proper management of water resources at both the international and local levels. The focus of World Water Day 2007, Coping with Water Scarcity, will require addressing a range of issues, from protection of the environment and global warming to equitable distribution of water for irrigation, industry and household use.
The state of the wor…
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Apr 20 2007 (IPS) – Environmental activists in Argentina applauded an Argentine Supreme Court ruling against a projected open cast gold mine using cyanide, pointing out that it set an important legal precedent.
The Supreme Court did not rule on whether or not the gold mine project planned by the Minera El Desquite SA mining company in the southern province of Chubut would cause environmental damages, nor does the verdict prohibit the company from operating.
But the lawyer for the residents who mobilised against the mine, Gustavo Macayo, told IPS that with this ruling, all legal recourse has been exhausted, and the stoppage of the mineworks was upheld.
Besides, the decision will also have other repercussions, because it recognises…
Moyiga Nduru
JOHANNESBURG, May 29 2007 (IPS) – About one million people in need of anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment are yet to receive it in four southern African states, according to Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a global nongovernmental organisation specialising in medical services.
On the African continent, some 70 percent of people who need ARVs do not have access to the drugs.
The campaign to put pressure on governments to speed up the delivery of ARVs to millions of Africans in need of the life-prolonging drugs is gathering momentum, with MSF being the latest to add its voice to the crusade.
While the number of people receiving ARVs in Africa has increased to 1.3 million today, about 70 percent of those estimated as needing treatment in Africa are not g…
Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 27 2007 (IPS) – Traffic accidents in Argentina have been claiming an average of 20 lives a day over the past decade, making it the top country in Latin America for these tragedies. They are also the main cause of death among people under 35, but in spite of this there are no official plans to end the slaughter on the roads.
The worst thing is that in spite of the statistics, there is no state policy to tackle the problem, and so we have no national executive authority in charge of road safety, nor a programme, nor a budget for it, Eduardo Bertotti, the director of the private Institute of Road Safety and Education (ISEV), told IPS.
The political powers-that-be are not concerned about it, and we think this is a serious cultural probl…
Claudia Ciobanu
BUCHAREST, Aug 28 2007 (IPS) – Romania was hoping to put an end this year to a ban on pork exports to the European Union (EU), but several swine pest outbreaks at the farms of U.S. company Smithfield will cause the interdiction to be prolonged for at least two more years.
Romania joined the EU Jan. 1 this year. Although free movement of goods is a basic functioning principle of the union, the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, decided to maintain, even after Romania #39s integration, a ban on Romanian pork exports in place since 2004.
The interdiction was introduced because several outbreaks of swine pest had been discovered in the country, and European officials wanted to prevent the virus from spreading.
Swine fever is a highly…
Adrianne Appel
BOSTON, Sep 28 2007 (IPS) – A new form of AIDS treatment for children, targeted at families in rural areas, will be available within months, according to an official from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The latest formulation, made up of standard AIDS medicines, is easier to take and simpler to dispense than current drug regimens. These require many pills to be taken several times a day, and are so complicated that only health workers operating from pharmacies, city hospitals and the like can provide them, said Charlie Gilks: head of treatment in the HIV department of the WHO.
It s the reason so few kids are on treatment outside of capitals, he told IPS during a recent conference sponsored by Harvard Medical School in the eastern U.S. city of Bost…