http://africa.oneworld.net/article/archive/564 sh_SH http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/160979/1/564 ASUNCION, Jun 26 (IPS) - Paraguay's public hospitals are on the verge of collapse, due to a lack of resources for responding to the wave of southern hemisphere winter illnesses. The first measure to be adopted by the new government that will take over in August will be to declare a "social emergency" in healthcare, the future health minister told IPS. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83856 Health clinic workers in Uganda are increasing their efficiency and fishermen in the Philippines are aiding conservation efforts with the help of PDAs -- small, mobile computing devices that are easy to secure and use little energy. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160962/1/564 Corruption is a fundamental cause and catalyst of the global water crisis, which currently threatens the lives of billions of people around the world, says a new report from a global coalition against corruption. From: Transparency International http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160901/1/564 International AIDS prevention programs can learn a lot from local efforts in Thailand, where activists reach out to patients with home based care, spiritual guidance, and opportunities for community involvement, writes AIDS activist Masiba Biriwasha. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160894/1/564 Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice. From: Bhopal.net