POLITICS-US: McCain's Plan to Privatise Veterans' Health Care
Analysis by Aaron Glantz*
SAN FRANCISCO - If John McCain is elected the next U.S. president, wounded veterans could be in for a world of hurt.
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HEALTH: Global Agenda Increasingly Disease-Driven
By Michael J. Carter
SEATTLE, Washington - At the end of last month, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a global health package that effectively tripled U.S. spending over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in poor countries, to 48 billion dollars.
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NICARAGUA: US Fourth Fleet Treads Fine Line
By José Adán Silva
BILWI, Nicaragua - The newly reactivated U.S. Fourth Fleet began its operations in Latin American waters with a humanitarian mission that made its first stop in Nicaragua, before heading on to six other countries of the Caribbean and Central and South America.
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DEVELOPMENT: South Africa Beats Deadline on Water, Sanitation
By Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM - South Africa and Madagascar, two African nations participating in the Stockholm International Water Conference currently underway in the Swedish capital, provide a contrasting picture of where they stand -- or fall -- in achieving the U.N.'s heavily-trumpeted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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TRADE-TANZANIA: Cheap Imitation Goods Are Flooding Markets
By Sarah McGregor
DAR ES SALAAM - The mishmash of shops in Tanzania's central Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam stock an infinite array of brand name fakes. Throngs of customers snap up mobile phones, designer gear, high-tech electronics and gadgets -- all imitations being sold at unbelievably low prices.
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DEVELOPMENT: Wastewater Crops Feeding Millions
By Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM - Vegetables, rice and other cereals in at least 53 cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America may someday come with warning labels that read "this is a byproduct of raw sewage".
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DEVELOPMENT: Water Progresses, Sanitation Regresses
By Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM - The world's poorest nations are making halting progress in water, but little or no tangible improvement in sanitation -- two of the basic necessities of life.
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DEVELOPMENT-UGANDA: Looming Problems With Kampala's Water
By Joshua Kyalimpa
KAMPALA - The water supply for two million residents of the Ugandan capital Kampala is threatened by a combination of ill-planned urbanisation and changing rainfall patterns.
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HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA: Free Rein for Biobanks?
By Emilio Godoy*
MEXICO CITY - Four years ago, when Guillermo Soberón -- one of Mexico’s most prominent scientists -- became a grandfather, the newborn's parents received a letter requesting a donation of biological material to be used for medical research.
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HEALTH-MEXICO: Local Drug Companies Protest Opening of Market
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s pharmaceutical industry, which thanks to laws that have been labelled protectionist has grown into the most powerful in Latin America, warns that the unrestricted importation of medicines decided by the government will expose the public to "a possible health catastrophe."
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