Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF
The pharmaceutical company GSK has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria vaccine so that millions more children will be protected...
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Refugees Face Often Neglected Mental Health Challenges – Report
United Nations, Aug 16 (IPS) – While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also...
GENEVA, Aug 16 (IPS) – We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more...
Stagflation: From Tragedy to Farce
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (IPS) – Half a century after the 1970s’ stagflation, economies are slowing, even contracting, as prices rise again....
Yemen: UN envoy underscores need to ‘end the conflict, not merely manage it’
The Security Council has a joint responsibility to help Yemen take the “necessary and decisive steps towards peace,” the country’s UN Special Envoy told...
UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their...
Although $4.4 billion is required to fund humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, $1.8 billion has been received so far, or roughly 40 per cent, a...
Conference opens to draft first-ever treaty on ocean’s biological diversity
The intergovernmental conference to draft the first-ever treaty on the ocean’s biological diversity opened its fifth and likely final session on Monday. Read the...
UN troop rotations in the peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resumed on Monday with a new approval mechanism one month after they were suspended by...
Afghan Refugees, Medical Visitors Bemoan Treatment in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Aug 15 (IPS) – Afghan refugees living in Pakistan face a host of problems, ranging from seeking medical treatment to shelter, business, police...
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