News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 518
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.
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."
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.
India Liberalises Abortion Law but Social Stigma Pushes Vulnerable Women to Unsafe Abortions
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, Apr 14 (IPS) - Arti Zodpe is from the Tamasha (folk dance-drama) theatre in Sangli, in India's Maharashtra state. After evening performances, some of the singers and dancers offer sex work services to the audience.
Bridging the Gap between Hunger & Food Waste During a Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Apr 14 (IPS) - On March 12, the first email came in. An email from a boutique hotel that said they needed to postpone their apron order. The hotel had decided to put a hold on all non-essential spending until everything was, according to them, back to normal.
Q&A: How to #BeActive during COVID-19 Lockdown
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 (IPS) - Growing up in Ramallah in Palestine, Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the United Nations Department of Global Communications, never really liked running. "I only ran when I needed to: to catch a bus or to run from soldiers," he tells IPS. But now with three marathons under his belt -- which raised thousands for scholarships for Palestinian women's education -- Nasser is still running, albeit on his balcony.
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