90 percent of countries’ health services continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic: WHO
Over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and 90% of countries are still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services. The findings of the...
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A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has reportedly claimed the lives of 130 people, despite SOS calls for help, the UN migration agency IOM said on Friday. Read the...
Twenty-three tonnes of urgently needed aid items have reached the eastern Ukrainian province around Donetsk, after a humanitarian convoy crossed the contact line into non-Government-controlled territory, the UN said on...
ACT now to speed up funding for COVID-19 tools, UN officials say
Although a landmark global collaboration has developed and delivered COVID-19 vaccines and diagnostics worldwide, critical funding shortfalls remain, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
Youth Demand Action on Nature, Following IUCNs First-Ever Global Youth Summit
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) – Following almost two weeks of talks on issues such as climate change, innovation, marine conservation and social justice,...
At a time of uncertainty and confinement, books open the door to freedom, transporting readers beyond time and borders, the head of the UN’s...
Pathogens, Public Health, & Political Will: Why Sustained Leadership is Critical
Apr 23 (IPS) – The occasion of World Malaria Day amidst a global pandemic warrants an examination of the intersection between our decades long...
On World Malaria Day, We Must Step Up Efforts to Combat Malaria
GENEVA, Apr 23 (IPS) – Despite its 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths in 2019, malaria is an overlooked epidemic. The emergence of COVID-19...
One Year Later & No Justice for Victims of 2020 Mali Protests and Coup
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) – It has been about a year since anti-government demonstrations and a coup in Mali, which saw 18 people,...
Climate change link to displacement of most vulnerable is clear: UNHCR
Weather-related crises have triggered more than twice as much displacement as conflict and violence in the last decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday....
Sudan war: $22 million education boost to help 200,000 children 
Security Council LIVE: War, hunger, flooding escalates in Sudan 
Heat therapy for sick frogs lowers sperm levels 
GEF Proposes $140 Million Program to Strengthen Drought Resilience