Sustainability
Sri Lanka: ‘Forced’ cremation of COVID victims’ bodies must stop – UN rights experts |
In a joint appeal, Special Rapporteurs Ahmed Shaheed, Fernand de Varennes, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule and Tlaleng Mofokeng, said that the practice ran contrary to the...
Amidst surging COVID numbers, WHO chief urges: ‘take heart and take action’ |
Every death is someone’s parent, partner, child, or friend, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organiztion (WHO), told the...
Scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes, Guterres urges |
“Adaptation cannot be the neglected half of the climate equation”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the Climate Adaptation Summit. The...
FROM THE FIELD: The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall
A young woman scientist in Burkina Faso is researching the role of micro-organisms in fighting desertification in the Sahel Region,...
Pandemic will not end for anyone, ‘until it ends for everyone’ | COVID-19
“The virus can still travel from the vastly unvaccinated massive population of the Global South to the Global North, including...
Healthier world means ‘safer America’ Tedros stresses, as UN-led vaccine initiative announces deal for 40 million doses | COVID-19
Commenting on the deal at the regular end-of-week press conference in Geneva, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said pending emergency authorization, close...
Fauci announces US intention to resume major role in global health |
Addressing the WHO’s Executive Board Meeting, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to the new US President, said that Mr....
COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO |
Although vaccines have been administered in 50 wealthier nations, Guinea is the sole low-income country on the continent to receive...
Over 1.9 billion people in Asia-Pacific unable to afford a healthy diet: UN report |
According to the 2020 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, the region’s poor have been worst affected, forced to...
Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to re-join WHO |
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres said that supporting the UN health agency “is absolutely critical”...
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