News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 459
COVID-19 Pandemic has Shown Humanity at its Best-- & at its Worst
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) - WHO and UNICEF have a long, deep and very special relationship. Neither of us could do what we do without the other.
UNICEF’s success is WHO’s success, and we are proud to be your partner on so many issues: Ebola, polio, maternal health, nutrition, infection prevention and control, primary health care – the list is long.
Give us Access to Tigray to Find Missing Refugees -- NRC Pleas
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called for unimpeded access to all parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, to locate an estimated 20,000 unaccounted for refugees and assess damage to its Hitsaats Camp which was looted and set alight in early January.
To Prevent Another Civil War South Sudan Must Create a New, Unique Political System
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Feb 10 (IPS) - The threat of a full-blown civil war in South Sudan remains unless the country’s leaders can broaden power sharing, warns a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) released almost year into the country’s formation of a government of national unity.
Forgotten Conflicts 2021: When Will the Crisis in the Central African Republic End?
- Inter Press Service
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Feb 09 (IPS) - Last October, an ICRC medical team helped a woman deliver a baby boy in the bush on their way to a health center we support in Grévaï, a small town in the north-central region of CAR. On her way to the market, by foot, the woman went into labour and only by chance did not have to go through it alone, surviving along with her baby.
The West vs the Global South: You Have the Numbers. We Have the Money
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 09 (IPS) - When the 134-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries, was trying to strike a hard bargain in its negotiations with Western nations years ago, one of its envoys famously declared: “You have the numbers. We have the money.”
Intellectual Property Cause of Death, Genocide
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Feb 09 (IPS) - Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.
Q&A: Documenting COVID-19 Effect on Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 05 (IPS) - With the COVID-19 pandemic adding complex layers of challenges to the issue of sexual and reproductive health for the youth, governments should prioritise documenting these effects for data collection purposes, co-founder and team leader of the Youth Alliance for Reproductive Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, told IPS in an interview.
El Aromo Solar Project Sets Precedent for Renewable Energy in Ecuador
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Feb 04 (IPS) - In December 2020, the “El Aromo” solar energy project was approved in coastal Manabí province, Ecuador. Operated by the Spanish company Solarpack, the project is expected to transform national solar output. El Aromo will occupy 2.9km2 of land that was previously cleared to build a multi-billion dollar oil refinery, plans that have since been abandoned. While El Aromo holds symbolic significance, it remains uncertain whether the project will mark a significant step toward more environmentally sustainable energy development in Ecuador.
Water Graves: Nightmare for Mexican Fishermen
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 04 (IPS) - All of Erizo's nightmares are the same. Since his return from the ocean - almost unrecognizable - every bad dream is identical. A wave punches his little boat and throws him into the deep sea where everything is so dark that he can't even see his own hands.
Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 03 (IPS) - Access to COVID-19 vaccines for many developing countries and most of their people will have to wait as the powerful and better off secure earlier access regardless of need or urgency. More profits, by manufacturing scarcity, will surely cause even more loss of both lives and livelihoods.
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