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Smartphone App Helps Fijians to Grow and Eat Healthier Food
- Inter Press Service
Aug 24 (IPS) - A smartphone app in Fiji is helping users to not only eat better but to help grow food that will contribute to a more nutritious diet.
High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds
- UN News
The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases – live in low and middle-incomes countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed.
Afghanistan: Negotiations to bring 500 tonnes of urgent medical supplies ongoing, says WHO
- UN News
Negotiations are underway to bring 500 metric tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies into Afghanistan, senior regional officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said during an online briefing on Tuesday.
Increased Syria violence prompts largest civilian displacements in a year, as gridlock stymies political talks
- UN News
Progress towards resolving Syria’s decade-long conflict has reached an impasse, the chief United Nations mediator told the Security Council on Tuesday, as an uptick in fighting throughout the country led to some of the largest civilian displacements in a year.
Drought, Storms, Intense Rainfall and Fires Threatening Millions in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (IPS) - In 2020, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia faced their worst drought in half a century. The Atlantic Basin saw 30 named storms – the most recorded in a single year. Two category 4 hurricanes achieved an unprecedented feat by making landfall in Nicaragua.
Bubonic plague putting young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF
- UN News
A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.
“Don’t Call It Ethnic. Ituri Confict Is a Mystery”
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 24 (IPS) - It is a metallic sound, harmless. It lasts just over a second, but it can become as sharp as a machete blade or as devastating as the burst from an assault rifle. It is a beep, just the beep of a phone notification. A woman is on the ground, her belly open, her intestines exposed and her severed head resting on her arm. A pagne of colorful fabric still girds her hips. Where? Why? Then, a video. Do you hear those voices? It happened there, in that village. It was them who did it, it was them.
Afghanistan What Will Happen Now?
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Aug 24 (IPS) - As I write this, India has just celebrated the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule (Pakistan celebrated it a day earlier). But there is little cause for celebration. A dark shadow looms over both countries, indeed over much of the world as well.
Prioritising Profits Reversed Health Progress
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (IPS) - Instead of a health system striving to provide universal healthcare, a fragmented, profit-driven market ‘non-system’ has emerged. The 1980s’ neo-liberal counter-revolution against the historic 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration is responsible.
Afghanistan women’s rights are ‘red line’, UN rights chief tells States
- UN News
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet led calls on Tuesday for Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders to respect the rights of all Afghans and warned that the treatment of women and girls is a “fundamental red line” that should not be crossed.
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