Tanzania’s Pandemic Fund ushers in a new era of healthcare preparedness

A community health worker in a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate people in communities in Nanyamba village, Mtwara region, southeastern Tanzania. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS by Kizito Makoye (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Tuesday October 28, 2025 Inter-Press Office DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 28 (IPS) – When COVID-19 hit Tanzania in 2020, Alfred Kisena’s life was torn […]

California gives Planned Parenthood $140 million to keep 109 clinics open

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Ceasefire offers a ‘lifeline’, but Gaza’s hospitals remain in ruins

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the cessation of hostilities, but said “the crisis is far from over and the needs are enormous.” He highlighted the toll of months of conflict: more than 170,000 people were injured, including 5,000 amputees and 3,600 people with severe burns. At least 42,000 women require long-term rehabilitation, and every month 4,000 […]

UNICEF calls for global support to protect displaced and starving children in Haiti

A child stares at the camera as he waits his turn at a UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Boucan Carré, Haiti. Credit: UNICEF/Herold Joseph by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday October 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) – New figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) show that the number of displaced […]

Breaking the silence in Tokyo: a Kazakh filmmaker confronts the nuclear scars through her documentary ‘Jara’

Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (Tokyo) Friday October 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office TOKYO, Oct 10 (IPS) – The cinema hall of Tokyo’s Toda Peace Memorial Hall fell silent as the Kazakh filmmaker and human rights activist Aigerim Seitenova stepped forward in a black T-shirt and green skirt to introduce her 31-minute documentary, “Jara – Radioactive Patriarchy: […]