Chronicle of a Tragedy Unfolded
By Vani S. KulkarniPHILADELPHIA, Apr 22 2022 (IPS) The Karnataka court’s verdict to uphold the hijab ban has intensified the protest in the state. The row has been typically perceived by many as manufactured by the politicians pointing to the culture of politics in the state. While the jury is still out there on this, evidence on how state’s local culture constructs and deconstructs religious identity allows drawing conclusions with some definitiveness. The culture of state’s politics is one side of the coin. Considering its flip side – politics of culture, particularly of the religious cultural identity, is just a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vani Kulkarni Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Education Headlines Health Human Rights Religion TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

From Rags to Riches: Power and progress in Abu Dhabi
The Ethiad TowersBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Apr 20 2022 (IPS) I recently visited Abu Dhabi and my impressions became intermingled with worries about the war in Ukraine. I also happened to read Livy’s The Early History of Rome, written around the beginning of CE, coming across these lines: The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid....
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Energy Headlines Health Labour Middle East & North Africa TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Addressing Gender-Related Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccinations to Ensure Vaccinations for All
Credit: United Nations By Jacqui Stevenson and Sagri SinghKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 20 2022 (IPS) As a global pandemic, COVID-19 and its continued impacts are unprecedented. Yet many of the challenges that emerged in public health responses to COVID-19 not only had precedence, but were predictable. As the international community observes World Immunization Week (April 24-30), it is a critical moment to reflect on what lessons have, and have not, been learned, and how we can accelerate progress towards vaccine equity. The theme of the 2022 World Immunization Week is “Long Life for All”, a framing which underscores t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jacqui Stevenson and Sagri Singh Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Global Global Governance Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Migrants and Health Workers Play Complex ‘Game’ on Europe’s Fringes
Viraj from India, in a squat where he has been living for three months near Velika Kladusa, Bosnia. He hopes to join family in Italy. February 2022. Credit: Chiara LuxardoBy Sara PerriaBihać, Bosnia, Apr 19 2022 (IPS) Responding to several shouts Viraj emerges from the ruins of his shelter in northwest Bosnia. He is originally from India but is now squatting near Bihać in what remains of a house abandoned since the 1990s Balkans war. “I was in the bathroom,” says Viraj – although there is no such facility. The building doesn’t even have windows, just gaps exposed to a freezing wind. Collapsing walls are patc...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Perria Tags: COVID-19 Crime & Justice Europe Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

Sri Lankan Economic Crisis Inflicted by Self-Serving Elite
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame SundaramSYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 19 2022 (IPS) Once deemed a basic human needs success story, Sri Lanka (SL) is now in its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Nonetheless, SL’s ‘moment of truth’ now offers lessons for other developing countries. China scapegoat SL has just defaulted on its foreign debt for the very first time. Attributing its current predicament to a Chinese ‘debt-trap’ is a new Cold War propaganda distraction – which we will undoubtedly hear much more of. Anis ChowdhuryIn this fable, SL is a country caught in a debt trap due to white elephan...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Economy & Trade Financial Crisis Headlines TerraViva United Nations Trade & Investment IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive after Detecting First Case in 30 Years
A child is vaccinated against the poliovirus. Malawi detected a single case and embarked on a mass vaccination programme against the disease which causes paralysis. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPSBy Charles MpakaBlantyre, Malawi, Apr 18 2022 (IPS) One polio case is one too many, global health experts say. And when Malawi announced in February this year that it had detected a polio case in the country’s capital Lilongwe, the alarm was significant, and the response from both the government and global health partners was swift, if not frantic. Detected on a 3-year-old child, the poliovirus is described by experts as a significan...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charles Mpaka Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Malawi Polio WHO Source Type: news

Africa Commits to Green Recovery from COVID-19 Amid Daunting Challenges
Africa has committed to green recovery of COVID-19, now it needs to turn policy into action, analysts say. Credit: Dustan Woodhouse/Unsplash Dustan WoodhouseBy Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Apr 12 2022 (IPS) Climate change activist Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), is not reluctant to engage African governments to do what’s necessary to commit to post-COVID-19 green growth strategies. Through Africa’s post-COVID-19 green recovery pathway, initiated in July last year, governments have committed to reaching the Paris Agreement’s climate change targets a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aimable Twahirwa Tags: Africa Climate Action Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Energy Environment Featured Green Economy Headlines TerraViva United Nations #ClimateAction #climatechange #GreenRecovery IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pl Source Type: news

Tackling the Pandemic of Inequality in Asia and the Pacific
By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 12 2022 (IPS) After two years of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance the protection of public health and livelihoods. For countries in Asia and the Pacific, this is challenging not only because national coffers are heavily strained by record public spending to mitigate pandemic suffering, but also due to deeper structural economic issues. Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaCOVID-19 has exposed a pandemic of inequality in a region which has the world’s most dynamic economies but also half of the global poor. A region where nearl...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequality Labour Sustainability TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Perils of Hunger, Food Insecurity in Southern Africa- Challenges & Opportunities
By Menghestab HaileJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 5 2022 (IPS) Food systems are under severe stress around the world now. The thresholds of tolerance are already exceeding limits with millions facing acute food and water scarcity throughout all continents. Over a quarter of Africa’s population are facing hunger and food insecurity. Conflict, droughts, flooding, rising unemployment, inequality, economic crises, and the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic have been ravaging the Continent on an unprecedented scale. Menghestab HaileIn Southern Africa, the food systems are heavily dependent on traditional small holder farmers who ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Menghestab Haile Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Economy & Trade Environment Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Headlines Inequality Labour TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

When Is Too Much Autism Awareness Still Not Enough?
By Saima Wazed and Zain Bari RizviDHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 1 2022 (IPS) When is too much Autism awareness still not enough? This thought recurs every April as we near World Autism Day on April 2, and parents reach out to me after reading enthusiastic and well-meaning news and journal articles – which are actually harmful and hurtful. Saima W. HossainIn 2008, along with a few dedicated parents and professionals, we began our effort to raise awareness around Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We eventually came together to form an advocacy, capacity-building, and research-based not-for-profit organization (Shuchona Foundation)...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saima Wazed and Zain Bari Rizvi Tags: Asia-Pacific Education Featured Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Profound Effect of Covid Pandemic on Women and Girls in Asia-Pacific Documented
Joint Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research documented the impact of the COVID-20 pandemic on women and girls. The research also found promising practices emerged during the pandemic. Credit: UNFPABy IPS CorrespondentTokyo, Mar 31 2022 (IPS) Women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region were adversely impacted due to COVID-19 pandemic responses – with marginalized women and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) services profoundly affected. These were the findings of a study by the Asian Population...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: IPS Correspondent Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Population TerraViva United Nations #GBV Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Source Type: news

Wealthy Nations, Corporate Titans ’ False Promises of Fair COVID-19 Recovery Exposed, How Africa’s Inequality Deepened
Alice Atieno relies on sack farming outside her shanty in the sprawling Kibera Slums in Nairobi, Kenya. COVID-19 reversed gains made in poverty reduction, and the unequal access to vaccines has deepened global inequality. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Kenya, Mar 29 2022 (IPS) Even as COVID-19 brought Africa’s already fragile health care and economic systems to the brink, wealthy states colluded with corporate giants to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the ongoing health pandemic, a newly released report by Amnesty International report finds. The global human ri...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations #VaccineInequity IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Vaccines Source Type: news

Unity of Purpose to Accelerate Africa ’s Sustainable Development
Climate change is reversing some of Africa's gains in achieving Sustainable Development Goals in food security and poverty alleviation and the continent needed to build resilience against future shocks. Credit: Busani Bafana/ IPSBy Busani BafanaKIGALI, Rwanda, Mar 28 2022 (IPS) The COVID-19 pandemic reversed several development gains on the continent, and Africa’s leaders are convinced stronger cooperation in boosting investment in green growth will help Africa meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). African economies took a hit during the pandemic, which governments say has led to reverse progress made in health c...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Africa Climate Action Climate Change COVID-19 Development & Aid Environment Featured TerraViva United Nations Trade & Investment #ARFSD #climatechange IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report SDGs Source Type: news

We Must Do More to Remove People ’s Negative Image of Leprosy from their DNA – Yohei Sasakawa
WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa with Mother Theresa of Calcutta in the early years of a campaign to eliminate leprosy and eradicate stigma from those affected by it. Sasakawa has turned this into his life’s work and, speaking at a webinar in support of the ‘Don’t Forget Leprosy’ campaign recalled how people affected by leprosy continue to be marginalized. Credit: Joyce ChimbiBy Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Kenya, Mar 25 2022 (IPS) On a visit to Indonesia’s Papua Province, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa had dinner with a man forced from his village and living ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations ​ #SasakawaLeprosyInitiative IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Sasakawa Health Foundation Source Type: news

Gender differences in aggression: a multiplicative function of outward anger expression - Kim D, Liu Q, Quartana PJ, Yoon KL.
Individuals with a higher (vs. lower) tendency to outwardly express anger (i.e., greater anger-out) generally exhibit greater aggression; men (vs. women) also tend to be more aggressive. Although the general aggression model posits that multiple person var...
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Violence and Weapons Issues Source Type: news

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