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UN data helps balance New Year’s weight loss resolutions

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published helpful new data from its Doubly Labelled Water (DLW) Database, which provide insights on the effectiveness of exercise to spur weight loss. The results aren’t as straightforward as you may think. “When enrolled into exercise programmes for weight loss, most people lose a little weight, some individuals lose lots, but a few… Read More
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WHO: 2022 can mark the end of COVID’s acute stage

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus reminded that it was two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, that a new global threat emerged.  Since then, 1.8 million deaths were recorded in 2020 and 3.5 million in 2021, but the actual number is much higher. There are also millions of people dealing with long-term consequences from the virus.   ‘Tsunami of cases’   Right now, Delta and Omicron are driving up… Read More
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Comparison of the Meta Trader 5 and Meta Trader 4 platforms

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– – If you’re a skilled trader looking for high-level chart patterns, both MT4 and MT5 may help. Both systems can also support automated trading robots and complex order kinds. But how can you know which platform is best for you? In this post, we compare Metatrader 4 vs Metatrader 5platforms in detail so that you can choose which platform… Read More
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Sénégal : inauguration du Train express régional, un projet phare du plan Sénégal émergent soutenu par la Banque africaine de développement

Elwin Mandowa,
Le président de la République du Sénégal, Macky Sall, a présidé, lundi 27 décembre, la cérémonie d’inauguration du Train Express Régional (TER). La cérémonie a eu pour cadre, la ville de Diamniadio qui polarise un nouveau pôle urbain. Cette inauguration marque l’aboutissement d’un des plus grands projets de la première phase du Plan Sénégal émergent dont la Banque africaine de… Read More
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2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’

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The UN could have been forgiven for saying ‘I told you so’ when it became clear in November that a fast-spreading COVID-19 variant, named after the Greek letter Omicron, was a cause for concern, seemingly spreading far more quickly than the dominant Delta variant. But whilst the fears were understandable, the arrival of Omicron shouldn’t have been a surprise, given… Read More
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Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere

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“It also revealed our failure to learn the lessons of recent health emergencies like SARS, avian influenza, Zika, Ebola and others”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message. “And it reminded us that the world remains woefully unprepared to stop localized outbreaks from spilling across borders, and spiraling into a global pandemic”. Halting infectious diseases Noting that infectious diseases remain… Read More
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Year in Review 2021: African Development Bank Group maintains strategy for building the continent’s resilience and recovery in the face of Covid-19

Elwin Mandowa,
Against the challenges of an ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the African Development Bank’s efforts to support Africa’s most vulnerable over 2021 yielded strong results. The pandemic had a negative impact on African countries, and the Bank was instrumental in building greater economic and health sector resilience across the continent. It committed to support the development of domestic vaccine manufacturing on a… Read More
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US contributes $10 million to support UN food agency efforts on COVID-19 response, future pandemics

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The funding, announced on Thursday, will support the UN agency’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, part of its broader One Health programme . The initiative helps safeguard human, animal, plant and environmental health throughout the food chain, from production to consumption and waste management.  FAO joins with partners the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE),… Read More
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Au Burkina Faso, la Banque africaine de développement aide gouvernement et communautés vulnérables à faire face aux conséquences sanitaires et…

Elwin Mandowa,
En cette matinée du 17 décembre 2021, Mme Sabine Ouédraogo a le sourire aux lèvres. Comme dix-neuf autres responsables d’associations féminines, elle vient de recevoir un chèque de 3,5 millions de francs CFA (5335,7 euros), et ne tarit pas de remerciements à l’endroit des bienfaiteurs du jour. Le soutien financier dont elle vient de bénéficier s’inscrit dans le cadre du… Read More
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Ignoring COVID-19 will just perpetuate it, WHO warns 

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That message from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Eastern Mediterranean region, indicated that the pandemic is far from over, wherever you may live.  Citing the latest modelling data, Ahmed Al-Mandhari said that 22 countries and territories in the region would probably see more than 17 million cases and over 314,000 deaths by the end of the year.  Despite the holiday season, “failure… Read More
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