News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 102
The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
TEOTEPEQUE, El Salvador, May 05 (IPS) - After working on the family farm, Carlos Salama comes home and plugs his cell phone into a socket via a solar-powered electrical system, a rarity in this rural village in southern El Salvador.
Ukraine's EU Membership Ambition
- Inter Press Service
KYIV, Ukraine, May 05 (IPS) - Before the war, Ukraine's dream to become part of the EU was exactly that – a dream. But the new political reality could make it come true.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed and to some extent even destroyed the familiar international political reality. Up until 24 February, Russia had been integrated into the global economy, had excellent growth prospects, and the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was almost finished.
Breaking Taboos around Menstruation and Leaving No Girl Behind
- Inter Press Service
Lake Chad, May 04 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Hadiza smiles as she clutches a purple bag in her hands. Inside the cloth bag is a Menstrual Hygiene Management kit, an essential item that gives her dignity and enables her to continue with school even when menstruating.
In Sri Lanka, Things Fall Apart
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, May 04 (IPS) - When I ended last month’s column hoping that April would not prove to be hapless Sri Lanka’s ‘cruellest month’ (in the words TS Eliot), I hardly anticipated the current turn of events.
Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, May 03 (IPS) - Before the pandemic emerged in 2020, health services in many Pacific Island countries were under-resourced, under-funded and under-staffed. Now following recent outbreaks of COVID-19, advancing the capacity and development of health and medical services in vulnerable nations, such as Tonga and Kiribati, is increasingly urgent.
Lebanon's Food Crisis Will Get Worse
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Apr 27 (IPS) - Lebanon is perpetually at a crossroads, one where local, regional, and international interests seem to play against each other—all the more so today with the war in Ukraine.
Afghan Moms Receive a Fresh Start in the United States
- Inter Press Service
TEANECK, New Jersey, Apr 26 (IPS) - It was a long, harrowing road for Freshta and Shabaneh, two mothers (their names are pseudonyms) who fled Kabul, Afghanistan, late last summer before eventually settling in the southern New Jersey township of Hamilton.
Transgender Ukrainian Refugees Impacted as War with Russia Continues
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Apr 25 (IPS) - Soon after Russia invaded her country, Anastasiia Yeva Domani found herself forced to abandon the regime of vital medicines she was taking.
Rising Food Prices: Global Risks & Vulnerabilities
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 25 (IPS) - The breakout of the conflict in Ukraine and the following imposition of heavy Western sanctions on Russia are causing sharp price increases in food and energy commodities —of which both Ukraine and Russia represent key exporters — as well as disruptions to global supply chains, impacting the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Private Sector has a Pivotal Role in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Low & Middle Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) - With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets-- and with even more financial volatility following the COVID-19 pandemic-- government budgets have been stretched thin. Underfunding in healthcare versus competing priorities has led to heavily burdened systems in emerging markets that are often struggling to keep up with increasing demands.
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