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‘Zero malaria starts with me’ UN health agency urges grassroots responsibility on World Day

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“Every two minutes a child dies from this preventable and treatable disease”, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Every two minutes a child dies from this preventable and treatable disease – WHO chief Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female mosquitoes. According to the UN health agency’s latest World Malaria Report,… Read More
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Vaccinations create ‘umbrella of immunity’ against global measles outbreaks, says UNICEF

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According to UNICEF, widening pockets of unvaccinated children have created a pathway to the measles outbreaks currently spreading around the world.   “The ground for the global measles outbreaks we are witnessing today was laid years ago,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director.  During the first three months of 2019, more than 110,000 measles cases were reported worldwide, representing a… Read More
Human Rights 

‘You can and should do more’ to include people with disabilities, wheelchair-bound Syrian advocate tells Security Council in searing speech

Village Reporter
The polite but passionate plea came from 20-year-old wheelchair-bound Syrian refugee, Nujeen Mustafa, who briefed members in a soft but commanding voice, on the acute vulnerabilities of people with disabilities in conflict, describing how once war began in her home city of Aleppo, she lived with the intense fear that she would be responsible for her own family dying in an airstrike. … Read More
Development Health Advice 

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Diplomacy for Peace Day, #VaccinesWork, the cost of war on Afghans, tech and well-being

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Multilateralism’s ‘proven record of service’ is focus of first-ever International Day The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace “underscores the value of international cooperation for the common good”, according to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres marking its first-ever observance on Wednesday. The UN chief pointed out that for nearly 75 years, multilateral arrangements established after the Second World… Read More
Human Rights 

UN rights chief ‘strongly’ condemns ‘shocking’ mass executions in Saudi Arabia

Village Reporter
“I strongly condemn these shocking mass executions across six cities in Saudi Arabia yesterday in spite of grave concerns raised about these cases by numerous UN Special Rapporteurs, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and others,” she said in a statement. Amid allegations that confessions were obtained through torture, she voiced concern over a lack of due… Read More

Wander Africa

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About Wander Africa We offer private/custom safaris We offer group tours/safaris Our main focus is: Luxury safaris We book pre/post-safari attractions Operating in: Languages we speak: Wander Africa is a boutique luxury safari company owned and managed by, Jay and Brandi – two knowledgeable travel designers that happen to be partners in business and in life. Jay was born and… Read More
Human Rights 

Protect women’s rights ‘before, during and after conflict’ UN chief tells high-level Security Council debate

Village Reporter
At the meeting marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1888, which created the mandate of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Council passed a German-drafted resolution to reduce sexual violence in conflict and end rape as a weapon of war, with 13 in favour, and two countries, Russia and China, abstaining. “Local civil society organizations,… Read More
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New malaria vaccine trial in Malawi marks ‘an innovation milestone’, declares UN health agency

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The disease remains on the of the world’s leading killers, with one child dying every two minutes. Most of the fatalities are in Africa, where more than 250,000 children die each year. Known officially as the RTS,S, vaccine, it will also be introduced in Ghana and Kenya in the coming weeks. “We have seen tremendous gains from bed nets and… Read More
Human Rights 

Traditional knowledge at ‘core’ of indigenous heritage, and ‘must be protected’, says UN Forum

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Anne Nuorgam, who is a member of Finland’s Saami Parliament and head of the Saami Council’s Human Rights Unit, described the Forum as an opportunity to share innovations and practices, developed in indigenous communities “over centuries and millennia”. Indigenous peoples make up less than six per cent of the world’s population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest… Read More
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