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New WHO guidance aims to stamp out rights violations in mental health services

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Globally, mental health care mainly continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, and rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common, according to the UN agency.  ‘A more holistic approach’  The guidance recommends that mental health provision should be located in the community and include support for daily living, such as facilitating access to accommodation, as well as education… Read More
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IMF says Tanzania must publish Covid-19 data to get $574 mln loan

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– – The International Monetary Fund has asked Tanzania to publish data on the spread of Covid-19 before getting approval for a $574 million emergency loan. Since last year May, Tanzania has not published any data on the extend of spread of Covid-19. The country’s previous president, John Magufuli was a critic and doubter of the pandemic and stopped the… Read More
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UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit 

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“Everyone has a right to have access to a vaccine for COVID-19 that is safe, effective, timely and based on the application of the best scientific development”, the experts said ahead of the three-day Summit of the G7 intergovernmental group of leading countries in the United Kingdom, which begins on Friday.  No time for barriers  The nine independent experts said… Read More
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Bank-funded project boosts water supply in Zimbabwe’s second-largest city

Elwin Mandowa,
Limited investments in water and sanitation infrastructure across Zimbabwe’s urban centers in recent times have largely contributed to poor service provision, which has left citizens scrambling for the precious liquid. Bulawayo, the country’s second-largest city, was not spared. Frequent droughts in nearby regions worsened the water woes.  “The situation worsened in 2018, where we would go for three weeks without… Read More
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Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 

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“They are at greatest risk of being left behind as AIDS remains not just a health issue, but a broader development challenge”, said Volkan Bozkir, kicking off a three-day High-Level Meeting on the continuing epidemic.  The road well-travelled  While acknowledging that AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 61 per cent since the peak in 2004, Mr. Bozkir warned that under-investment… Read More
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UNICEF and celebrities appeal to G7 countries: Donate COVID vaccinations ‘now’  

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“We’re asking you to make these urgent donations by August and to set out a roadmap to scale up donations as supplies increase”, wrote the celebrities, influencers and activists.  Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Billie Eilish were among those highlighting that the Summit provides a vital opportunity for the G7 intergovernmental group of leading countries to agree actions that will get… Read More
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Guinea: African Development Bank approves $430,000 grant for Ebola emergency relief project

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $430,000 grant to Guinea to fight the spread of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever epidemic throughout the country. Since mid-February 2021, Guinea has been facing a resurgent Ebola-related epidemic, following the major crisis of 2014. This new epidemic comes against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses both… Read More
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La Banque africaine de développement et ses partenaires célèbrent la nature et la restauration des écosystèmes

Elwin Mandowa,
Comme chaque année, la Banque africaine de développement s’est associée, ce samedi 5 juin, au ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement durable de Côte d’Ivoire, au Programme des Nations unies pour l’environnement et à d’autres partenaires pour célébrer la Journée mondiale de l’environnement. La Journée mondiale de l’environnement, dont le Pakistan accueille les célébrations mondiales, était célébrée sur le thème… Read More
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WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’ as cases decline but vaccine inequity persists

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said unequal distribution of vaccines has allowed the virus to continue spreading, thus increasing odds of a variant emerging that could render these treatments ineffective.  Increasingly, we see a two-track #COVID19 pandemic: many countries still face an extremely dangerous situation, while some of those with the highest vaccination rates… Read More
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Global push needed to ensure ‘clean, affordable and sustainable electricity’ for all

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The seventh Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), SDG7, aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.   However, those nations which remain most off the grid, are set to enter 2030 without meeting this goal unless efforts are significantly scaled up, warns the new study entitled Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, published by the International… Read More
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