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Month: July 2019

Development Health Advice 

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Second Ebola death on DR Congo’s eastern border, UN chief lauds climate activist Thunberg, Afghan bus attack, and outgoing UN agriculture chief hands over reigns

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World Breastfeeding Week 2019 to spotlight importance of family-friendly policies   World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world.   It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration signed in August 1990 by government policymakers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other organizations to protect, promote and support… Read More
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Former US President Reagan called Africans “monkeys”

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Former US President Ronald Reagan is reported to have called Africans at UN conference “monkeys” for opposing the USA during a vote. The late Reagan according to newly released tapes published by a US magazine made the comment in a conversation with then-President Richard Nixon. The comments were made in a 1971 telephone call between the two leaders. Reagan said… Read More
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Liberia: Anti-George Weah protesters arrested

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At least 15 protesters agitating against the George Weah Presidency were arrested on Wednesday in the capital, Monrovia. They were arrested for defying a government order not to stage a protest against President Weah, police said. According to the police, the protesters broke through police lines to assemble and had no permit to getting unto the street. The group of… Read More
Africa 

FROM THE FIELD: Turning waste into a business in the slums of Yaoundé, Cameroon

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As global temperatures reach record highs, providing cooling systems which are effective, sustainable and which do not harm the environment is increasingly essential for everyday life. That’s according to Rachel Kyte, Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All, and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). Read More
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Buhari applauds UK-born Nigeria named in Boris Johnson’s cabinet

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In his first cabinet since taking over the leadership of the Conservatives party and becoming the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson named a UK-born Nigerian as one of his junior ministers. 39-year-old Kemi Badenoch (full name Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch) was named the new Minister of Children and Families by the new PM. The official role title is “Parliamentary Under… Read More
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UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola in eastern DR Congo, following second case in major border town

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On Wednesday, David Gressley, the UN Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator, and Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization (WHO), released a joint statement announcing that they are “working intensively” to halt any further spread. Surveillance is being stepped up at all entry and exit points in the area, but more needs to be… Read More
Africa 

Prisoners go on a hunger strike in Egypt

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Amnesty International says 130 detainees in a notorious Egyptian prison have been on hunger strike for more than six weeks to protest what it calls “cruel and inhumane detention conditions.” The international rights group on Wednesday called on authorities to investigate the prisoners’ allegations of torture and other abuses. Magdalena Mughrabi, Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa deputy director, says… Read More
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Second Ebola victim in Goma dead

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The second case of Ebola detected Tuesday in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, died, state sources said Wednesday. “The confirmed Ebola patient in Goma is dead, all measures to cut the chain of contamination are already taken,” Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the new official appointed by the Congolese presidency to coordinate the response, told AFP. the epidemic. This patient had arrived… Read More
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