Already reeling from COVID-19, the fighting in Ukraine has introduced significant and worrying new risks likely to heavily impact Africa, UN development experts warned...
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UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children
Ten weeks into the war in Ukraine, UN humanitarians on Friday said that they were urgently ramping up efforts to provide vulnerable children with specialist and...
Revealed: The Shocking Extent of Exploitative Baby Formula Milk Marketing
MADRID, May 06 (IPS) – The world’s leading health and children specialised organisations have once again sounded the alarm bell about what they classify...
Give Edible Insects a Chance as an Alternative High-Quality Protein Source, say Scientists
Nairobi, May 06 (IPS) – Growing up in Samoya Village of Bungoma County in the Western part of Kenya, Elvis Wanjala has fond childhood...
Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack
GENEVA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer is UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director and is leading UNAIDS’ humanitarian response.Alongside the devastation caused by bombs and...
Nearly 15 million deaths directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19
Approximately 14.9 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
New study outlines importance of gender for children caught up in conflict
The UN’s leading expert on issues facing children caught up in war, on Thursday released a new analysis on the importance of considering how...
Champion of women’s right to manage land and forests wins top environment prize
A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner...
Ethiopia: Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed
A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN...
7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion
Humanitarian needs continue to rise in war-torn Ukraine where an estimated 7.7 million people are now internally displaced, UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths...
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