Fuente: IPS por Zarina Geloo LUSAKA, 1 dic (IPS) – Andela Milambo es una zambiana de 16 años que espera tener un marido para compartir la carga que supone vivir con VIH y para que la contenga cada vez que reaparece el herpes. Milambo, quien contrajo el VIH (virus de inmunodeficiencia humana) a los seis años, quiere que [...]

by Tristan McConnell in Mwingi October 22, 2009 “The last time I had a good harvest was 2003 – there has been nothing at all for the last three years,” said Mutindi Maithya, 36, a widow who lives with her six children on a four- acre plot of sun-baked land. Sitting beneath a thorny acacia tree, she picks [...]

by Donna Smith October 17, 2009 Jenny Fritts was 24 years old. Jenny lived with her husband Sean for the past five years, and together they had a little girl named Kylee, 2. Jenny was seven-and-a-half months pregnant with her second child – a beautiful, baby girl. Jenny is dead. Jenny’s unborn baby is dead. They died because [...]

Entrevista a Eva Caballé, víctima del SQM y autora de un libro sobre el tema por Salvador López Arnal 21 de octubre, 2009 Eva Caballé es una economista barcelonesa de 37 años afectada por la SQM, antigua trabajadora bancaria, ex miembro del grupo de rock Lefthanded y autora del libro de próxima aparición en los Libros de El [...]

Cure Millions of Leprosy — or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break? by Matt Bivens October 4, 2009 There are many possible responses to the news that we have committed more than four trillion public dollars to Wall Street. Mine is a roar of admiration. Four trillion dollars! Holy hell! I didn’t even know that was possible! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! After all, [...]

UN leaders should know: climate change is destroying my village in Uganda – flooding our homes and ruining our crops by Constance Okollet September 23, 2009 There are no seasons any more in eastern Uganda. Before, we had two harvests every year, but now there’s no pattern. Floods like we’ve never seen came and swept up everything. It [...]

Scientists are piecing together how climate impacts disease, strange patterns are emerging: mosquito outbreaks can follow drought, shorter migrations can make butterflies sick, and more birds (not fewer) can ward off West Nile virus. From Conservation magazine, part of the Guardian Environment Network

Artículo de la Dra. Myhill y traducido por Eva Caballé, autora del blog No Fun. 30 de julio, 2009 Nota de la traductora: “Este otoño la gripe porcina, o gripe A, se convertirá en una pandemia. Debemos vacunarnos o correremos un grave peligro.” Desde la OMS y los gobiernos no paran de sembrar el terror y asustar [...]