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Development Health Advice 

WHO lists 9th COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use  

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The vaccine is produced by the Serum Institute of India, under licence from Novavax, and will now be part of the COVAX facility portfolio, boosting efforts to vaccinate more people in lower-income countries.  WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to Medicines and Health Products, Dr. Mariângela Simão, said that “even with new variants emerging, vaccines remain one of the most effective tools to protect people against serious illness and death from SARS-COV-2.”  She said WHO… Read More
Human Rights 

UN rights office urges Viet Nam to release jailed activists

Village Reporter
Over a three-day period, prominent human rights defenders Trinh Ba Phoung, Nguyen Thi Tam, Do Nam Trung and independent author Pham Doan Trang, were sentenced to up to a decade in jail, and five years on probation.  Silence and intimidate  Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said OHCHR was “deeply troubled” by the harsh sentencing of the human rights and land rights defenders, who were charged under articles 88 and 117 of Viet Nam’s Criminal Code.  Meanwhile, journalist Le Trong Hung, who had… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Insecure Takeover Part 2: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. From Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen in Inglewood, California, our second and final Insecure Tiny Desk takeover is… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Twitter Removes Nigerian Vice-President, Osinbajo’s Post For Copyright Violation Of Beyonce’s Song

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Microblogging platform, Twitter has withheld a tweet by Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for copyright violation of a song by American musician, Beyonce Knowles.   During the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration, the vice-president posted a video in which Beyonce’s song ‘Run the World’ was used as the video’s audio without appropriate reference.  Some Nigerians had lashed out at the Vice President… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Omicron: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’

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“When COVID-19 community transmission increases and stringent public health measures become a necessity, schools must be the last places to close and the first to re-open”, argued Henrietta Fore. The new cases are being fuelled, increasingly, by Omicron; the new variant of concern that public health experts and scientists are working hard to understand and assess. Amid rising uncertainty, many governments are weighing… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

International organizations, vaccine manufacturers take stock of COVID-19 vaccine roll out, share views for 2022

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The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held on 9 November the 2nd High-Level Consultations with the CEOs of leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing companies. At the meeting, all participants agreed on the urgency of delivering more vaccine doses to low-income countries, where less than 2.5% of the population has been… Read More
Health Advice Lifestyle 

The Future is Unwritten – Healing Arts Symposium

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Symposium presented in partnership with the World Health Organization and The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a “cultural call to action” to invest in the arts to improve physical, mental, and social health On November 14, 2021, leading policy advocates, artists, and researchers from cultural organizations, healthcare centers, government, and the United Nations will convene at The Metropolitan Museum of… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Burna Boy: I don’t have any rivalry in music industry – New Telegraph

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Burna Boy, the Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, says he is not in competition with any artist in the music industry. The 30-year-old hitmaker spoke on the rivalry in the music industry when he featured on ‘The Zane Lowe Show,’ which aired on Apple Music 1. Burna Boy also likened himself to… www.newtelegraphng.com Sourced From Nigerian Music Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

NSA: Music concert won’t affect pitch

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The National Sports Authority (NSA) has stated that the grass pitch at the Accra Sports Stadium will not be affected by the ‘GTCO Music Concert to be held at the Accra Sports Stadium, tomorrow. Consequently, football lovers have been assured that the pitch would be in a better shape when the stadium reopens for football games. The stadium has been closed for two weeks… Read More
Human Rights 

UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests

Village Reporter
The report documents various instances of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force by police officers during widespread demonstrations that began on 28 April and continued for several weeks.  The protests were part of a national strike against the country’s long-standing economic and social equalities, many of which were worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.   46 deaths verified  During the period… Read More
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