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UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims

March 11, 2019 Global Author

In a statement released on Monday, Mr. Guterres said that he was “deeply saddened” by the loss of life and the “significant damage to people’s homes and livelihoods” caused by the heavy rains and subsequent flooding. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that the flooding has affected some 115,000 people, particularly in the south of… Read More

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UN unveils global influenza strategy to prevent ‘real’ threat of pandemic

March 11, 2019 Global Author

Announcing the revised Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned that the “question is not if we will have another pandemic, but when”. “The threat of pandemic influenza is ever-present,” he said, noting that the risk of a new influenza virus transmitting from animals to humans and potentially leading to a pandemic is… Read More

Pacific

Despite progress towards peace, Afghanistan facing ‘daunting challenges’ ahead of presidential vote

March 11, 2019 Global Author

”This year is likely to bring both numerous challenges and unprecedented opportunities,” said Mr. Yamamoto, briefing Council members on the latest report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. “Addressing the challenges, and taking advantage of the opportunities, will require the concerted efforts of the international community, with Afghanistan in the… Read More

Africa

‘A new chapter’ dawns for democracy in Guinea-Bissau: top UN official

March 10, 2019 Global Author

Speaking to UN News in the capital Bissau, David McLachlan-Karr called it “a very positive result for the people” adding that that “people have come out to vote in large numbers, voted peacefully. There have been no reports of major security incidents around the country.” The United Nations, as expressed in a recent Secretary-General’s report published in February and a… Read More

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DR Congo: Following second brutal assault on Ebola clinic, UN health chief vows to continue serving ‘most vulnerable’

March 10, 2019 Global Author

Just hours after the assault, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), toured the centre, which was also attacked last week, thanking personnel for their steadfast dedication. “It breaks my heart to think of the health workers injured and police officer who died in today’s attack, as we continue to mourn those who died in previous attacks,… Read More

Europe

Joint UN, OSCE engagement can address crisis in Ukraine, other ‘dark spots of conflict’ in Europe

March 7, 2019 Global Author

“The crisis goes against everything the OSCE and the UN stand for,” continued Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák in his briefing on OSCE’s activities. In late February 2014, the situation in Ukraine went from political crisis, to violent confrontation and, later, became a full-scale conflict between Government forces and separatists, in the country’s east. Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák of the… Read More

Pacific

Nearly four million North Koreans in urgent need, as food production slumps by almost 10 per cent

March 6, 2019 Global Author

Women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities are prioritized in the plan: 90 per cent of nutritional aid, and 92 per cent of health assistance, go to children under five years old and women. In a statement published on Wednesday, Tapan Mishra, UN Resident Coordinator in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as the country is officially known,… Read More

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Ramped-up emergency preparedness, part of ‘changing the DNA’ of the UN’s health agency

March 6, 2019 Global Author

Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realize that they are missing out on certain sounds and words. To address this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging people on this year’s World Hearing Day, held on March 3, to check their hearing. Read More

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Break taboo around menstruation, act to end ‘disempowering’ discrimination, say UN experts

March 5, 2019 Global Author

“Persistent harmful socio-cultural norms, stigma, misconceptions and taboos around menstruation, continue to lead to exclusion and discrimination of women and girls”, said the independent human rights experts, ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March. Despite recent campaigns by women to challenge menstruation taboos and increasing attention to the issue of menstruation in the media, research, policy-making, and cultural discussion,… Read More

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UN’s AIDS agency ‘greatly encouraged’ by latest scientific breakthrough showing cure is possible

March 5, 2019 Global Author

The male patient, who was being treated for lymphatic cancer at a London hospital in the United Kingdom, underwent a stem cell transplant in 2016, with cells from a donor carrying a rare genetic resistance to the HIV virus. Both his cancer and HIV went into remission, and 18 months on, he is no longer taking HIV drugs and all… Read More