News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 103
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.
Road to European Dream Paved by Extortion and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 21 (IPS) - Last June, Mit Al Korama's youth gathered in front of one of their homes on a summer evening to tell stories of citizens from the village and neighboring villages who had successfully crossed the Mediterranean to Europe.
Addressing Gender-Related Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccinations to Ensure Vaccinations for All
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 20 (IPS) - As a global pandemic, COVID-19 and its continued impacts are unprecedented. Yet many of the challenges that emerged in public health responses to COVID-19 not only had precedence, but were predictable.
Migrants and Health Workers Play Complex ‘Game’ on Europe’s Fringes
- Inter Press Service
Bihać, Bosnia, Apr 19 (IPS) - Supported by the European Journalism Centre*Responding to several shouts Viraj emerges from the ruins of his shelter in northwest Bosnia. He is originally from India but is now squatting near Bihać in what remains of a house abandoned since the 1990s Balkans war.
The Arrogance of Ignorance: War in Ukraine, Religion and Abiding Ethnocentrism
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 19 (IPS) - “The war in Ukraine is a European …and a Christian… matter... It does not require the involvement of a colourful array of religions or people”. These words were uttered and affirmed by some European Protestant men, working in interfaith circles in Europe. The ‘colourful’ encompassed other than European, mostly Christian - and likely mostly male.
High Cost of Debt is Crippling Developing Nations: How can we Bridge the Finance Divide?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) - As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022 is becoming ever more uncertain and fragile. Prospects for sustainable development for all and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 are bleak, particularly for developing countries.
Stop the War: Act for Justice, Climate & Peace
- Inter Press Service
LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) - Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple crises such as searing inequality and escalating climate change, this conflict is tearing through communities.
War in Ukraine & Rise in Arms Spending Undermine Development Aid to the World's Poor
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - The unprecedented flow of arms to Ukraine, and the rising miliary spending by European nations to strengthen their defenses, are threatening to undermine development aid to the world’s poorer nations.
ECW, Strategic Partners Bring Relief to Child Refugees Fleeing Ukrainian Conflict
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Apr 14 (IPS) - A brutal war now engulfs the young lives of an estimated 7.5 million children in Ukraine. Caught in the crossfire of bullets and missiles as the conflict escalates, children and young people have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis.
Global Impact of Ukraine War on Food, Energy & Finance Systems
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Now, since the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, the world’s attention has been focused on the war’s terrifying levels of death, destruction and suffering.
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