Pharma Giant’s TB Drug Decision Welcomed, But Not All Developing Countries Benefit — Global Issues

Pharma Giant’s TB Drug Decision Welcomed, But Not All Developing Countries Benefit — Global Issues

Dr Abhijit Bhattacharya, MS, Central Hospital Kalla, Eastern Coalfields Ltd., assesses an x-ray of a TB patient. Credit: ILO by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jul 21 (IPS) – In a surprise move, pharma giant Johnson and Johnson (J&J) has agreed not to enforce some…

Environmental Crisis Compounds Humanitarian Disaster Following Dam Destruction — Global Issues

Environmental Crisis Compounds Humanitarian Disaster Following Dam Destruction — Global Issues

The Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has left thousands displaced and disastrous impacts on the environment. Credit: Ukraine Red Cross/Twitter by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jun 23 (IPS) – As well as creating a humanitarian crisis, the destruction of the Nova…

Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change — Global Issues

Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change — Global Issues

A doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, May 02, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, May 02 (IPS) – While there is no established causal relationship between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun…

Repression of Reproductive Rights and Out of Sync Activists — Global Issues

Repression of Reproductive Rights and Out of Sync Activists — Global Issues

The Abortion Dream Team (from left to right Natalia Broniarczyk, Justyna Wydrzynska, Kinga Jelinska) outside the Warsaw court after Wydrzynska’s conviction. Credit: Abortion Dream Team by Ed Holt (bratislava) Wednesday, April 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Apr 05 (IPS) – “People want the abortion laws here liberalised. Society has changed;…

New Approach to Atrocities Needed, Say Ukraine War Crimes Investigators — Global Issues

New Approach to Atrocities Needed, Say Ukraine War Crimes Investigators — Global Issues

War damage at a children’s facility in Ivanivka, Kherson. Investigators want changes in the way war crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Credit: Nychka Lishchynska by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (IPS) – As plans are announced to set up an international centre in…

Destruction of Ukraine’s Healthcare Facilities Violates International Humanitarian Law — Global Issues

Destruction of Ukraine’s Healthcare Facilities Violates International Humanitarian Law — Global Issues

On March 6, 2022, Izyum Central City Hospital (Kharkiv oblast) was attacked as a part of what appears to have been a large-scale carpet-bombing campaign. Reportedly, the hospital team had also marked the hospital with a big red cross that could be seen from the air. Credit: UHC by Ed…

European Energy Crisis Hits Roma Populations Hard — Global Issues

European Energy Crisis Hits Roma Populations Hard — Global Issues

Roma community protest in the Serbian city of Nis after dozens of families in a settlement in the city had their electricity cut off. Credit: Opre Roma Srbija by Ed Holt (bratislava) Thursday, January 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jan 05 (IPS) – As European households brace for energy shortages…

Russia’s LGBTQI ‘Propaganda’ Law Imperils HIV Prevention — Global Issues

Russia’s LGBTQI ‘Propaganda’ Law Imperils HIV Prevention — Global Issues

Russia’s new law banning any promotion of what is seen as “non-traditional sexual relations” could stigmatise the LGBTQI community and put HIV/AIDS prevention at risk. by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, December 16, 2022 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Dec 16 (IPS) – A new law banning LGBTQI ‘propaganda’ in Russia will further…