IPS Inter Press Service - HealthIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Mortgages Children&39;s Future- (Found June 29, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (IPS) - The devastating impact of rising food prices is expected to hit most of the world&39;s 2.2 billion children the hardest -- particularly in developing nations.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42888 RIGHTS-VIETNAM: Lingering Effects of Agent Orange- (Found June 29, 2008 ) HANOI, Jun 18 (IPS) - Doc Bernie Duff, 58, a former medic in the Vietnam War, recently led a 1,700 kilometre walk from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi to raise awareness of the problems still faced by those suffering from the effects of Agent Orange.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42849 RIGHTS: Scant Compassion for Migrants with HIV- (Found June 29, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - Even as people who migrate from their homelands run a higher risk of contracting the HIV virus, they also are far less likely to receive adequate healthcare, and often face deportation or other harsh treatment in destination countries, activists say.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42833 EL SALVADOR: Lawmakers Against Therapeutic Abortion- (Found June 29, 2008 ) SAN SALVADOR, Jun 16 (IPS) - The Salvadoran parliament has given its support to a "Libro de la vida" (Book of Life), which calls abortion "an abominable crime," precipitating a storm of criticism from womens organisations that consider this blanket endorsement an evasion of serious debate on the issue.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42826 |