Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1029
How Effective Communication can Help Boost Intra-African Trade
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16 (IPS) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement promotes socio-economic growth and development in Africa through liberalised trade processes and structures. So far, the 54 African countries have signed the agreement, resulting in immense potential for the growth of trade between African countries.
WTO Finished Without TRIPS Waiver
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Nov 16 (IPS) - Quickly enabling greater and more affordable production of and access to COVID-19 medical needs is urgently needed in the South. Such progress will also foster much needed goodwill for international cooperation, multilateralism and sustainable development.
COVID-19: Licensing agreement for new candidate drug ‘an important first step’
- UN News
Access to a new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries following a voluntary licensing agreement between the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and a UN-backed global health initiative, announced in Geneva on Tuesday.
What Governments Should Learn from The Climate Activists
- Inter Press Service
Nov 15 (IPS) - Shantha Rau Barriga is the disability rights director and the lead on Strategy Development at Human Rights Watch“Nothing about us without us” – that was the call from the indigenous rights advocate Ghazali Ohorella from the Alifuru people in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia during a panel at the climate summit in Glasgow.
Tobacco use continues to fall
- UN News
The number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally, going from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said onTuesday.
Central African children in crosshairs, UN calls for their protection
- UN News
Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have suffered a spike in grave violations since the end of 2020, according to a new UN report on the situation in the country, issued on Monday.
Growing Digital Divide Threatens Recovery from Covid-19
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 15 (IPS) - A growing digital divide is emerging as a major threat to a robust recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Inequity in Funding: Africa’s Agripreneurs Pay a High Price for Start Up Finance
- Inter Press Service
Nov 15 (IPS) - Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its role is being stymied by the high cost of financing.
‘Under $1’ test kits available to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission
- UN News
Dual test kits, which cost less than $1, are now available for pregnant women to stem mother-to-child HIV and syphilis transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday.
Ethiopia: $40 million in aid relief for victims ‘living on a knife-edge'
- UN News
As the humanitarian crisis grows in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected north, the UN announced on Monday that $40 million in funds have been made available to scale up emergency operations.
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