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BCG Vaccine Fighting Coronavirus in South Asia
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 20 (IPS) - Numerous studies in many parts of the world have linked the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccination, widely used in the developing world with fewer Coronavirus cases. This is good news for countries that have universal BCG vaccination in tropical Asia and Africa.
Global Leaders Must Prioritise Children’s Wellbeing amid Coronavirus Pandemic - UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 (IPS) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday pleaded with global leaders and families to ensure the protection of the world's children, millions of whom he says are vulnerable to a myriad of threats as a result of the shutdown arising from the global coronavirus pandemic.
UN Faces Financial & Liquidity Crisis as Global Pandemic Rages
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 17 (IPS) - The current financial crisis, triggered as a result of withholding or delaying payment of assessed contributions by Member States, is nothing new to the United Nations.
Multilateralism Through Public-Private Partnerships Are Key to Flattening the COVID-19 Curve
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 17 (IPS) - The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that now is "a defining moment for modern society. History will judge the efficacy of the response not by the actions of any single set of government actors taken in isolation, but by the degree to which the response is coordinated globally across all sectors for the benefit of our human family."
As US Unemployment Hits a Staggering 22 Million, Will UN Layoffs Be Far Behind?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 (IPS) - The deadly coronavirus COVID-19, which has shut down the UN secretariat in New York, along with 32 of its agencies globally, has forced over 37,500 UN staffers worldwide to work from their homes.
On Watching Contagion: What Do We Learn?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 17 (IPS) - Contagion is a 2011 film by US director Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Che) that has proved very popular viewing during the first few weeks of the Coronavirus crisis. Set in a fictional global pandemic – modelled on the outbreak of a bat-borne Nipah virus identified in 1999 that killed around 100 people in Malaysia - the film is a tightly-written topical drama with a great castthat includes Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and Jennifer Ehle.
Concerns for the Nearly 400 Rohingya Refugees Rescued off the Coast of Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) - Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees have been rescued in Bangladesh after being at sea for two months.
COVID-19: Maintaining Food Security in Asia Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Apr 16 (IPS) - COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains that are essential to assure food security in the Asia Pacific region, yet countries overall seem to have managed, so far, to keep supermarkets stocked with food and feed those who can afford it.
The Asia Pacific region is home to over 60% of humanity and also contains sub-regions with among the highest frequencies of severe weather events and some of the most challenging environments for agriculture. As a region it is characterized by diverse food systems and a multiplex of supply chains. Under normal circumstances, food security is already threatened by a multitude of factors.
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, SDGs are Even More Relevant Today Than Ever Before
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) - Our world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining livelihoods.
No Space for Social Distancing in Rohingya Refugee Camps
- Inter Press Service
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Apr 15 (IPS) - Nine-year-old Mohammad Rafique used to collect vegetables from Kutupalong Bazaar and sell them at a market inside Kutupalong camp, a camp of some 600,000 Rohingyas, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.
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