News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 152
Africa Goes Digital
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - In rebuilding after COVID-19, policymakers must invest in innovative technology to leapfrog obstacles to inclusive development. Africa has enjoyed strong economic growth for most of the 21st century, mainly because of robust global demand for primary commodities.
Dr Aqsa Sheikh: Transgender Doctor Injecting Hope During COVID Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, May 07 (IPS) - When Dr Aqsa Sheikh Tweeted and asked if she was the only transgender person to head a vaccination centre, it seemed extraordinary that in a country with 1.3 billion people, that this could be true.
20 Million More People Face Food Crises, As Acute Hunger Rates Rise to a 5-Year High
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic, protracted conflicts and climate change have created an untenable situation for the most vulnerable, with 155 million people across 55 territories suffering from severe food insecurity, sending acute hunger figures to a 5-year high.
High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Significantly Reduce ICU Admissions & COVID-19 Deaths
- Inter Press Service
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 06 (IPS) - There is considerable evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk and severity of COVID-19 (Mercola 2020 ; Wimalawansa, 2020). More than 50 clinical studies have published confirming that high doses of vitamin D administered early in persons with COVID-19 significantly reduce complications and the need for ICU admissions.
Refugee Children Explain How Education Helped Put Their Trauma Behind Them
- Inter Press Service
May 04 (IPS) - Eighteen-year-old Chuol Nyakoach lives in the Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Gambella, Ethiopia. Chuol is grateful that despite the trauma she has already experienced in her young life, she is able to continue her education in the refugee camp. Learning has given her a reason to wake up every day.
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Kicks Off in Africas Most Populous Country
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 04 (IPS) - Since the COVID-19 vaccination began in the US in mid-December 2020, Africa had been looking forward to its turn. For Nigeria, that time came on 2nd March 2021 when the first batch of 3.9 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the country from the Serum Institute of India.
A Free & Accessible Vaccine is Just out of Reach for Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
GAZA, Apr 29 (IPS) - We were able to keep the coronavirus at bay for five months in Gaza, the densely populated Palestinian strip of land surrounded by Israel that I call home. But the Coronavirus doesn’t respect walls or artificial borders. While preparations were made for the pandemic to inevitably breach a blockade so few Palestinians can, we waited for it to come for us. And it did.
State of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Are Government Policies Effective in Controlling it?
- Inter Press Service
NEW JERSEY, Apr 28 (IPS) - The SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) affected the entire world; many died, millions got sick, and the misery continues. Second and third waves of SARS.Cov-2 infection are devastating most countries.
Q&A: Drawing Attention to the Crisis in the DRCs Education Sector
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Apr 27 (IPS) - Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), has sounded the alarm on the need for Central African Republic refugee children and youth to access quality education during her visit to a refugee site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Apr. 20-23.
Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Infants and Young Children
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 26 (IPS) - Conventional wisdom is that the health of young children is not at great risk from COVID-19, but, in the Global South, the space constraints imposed on young children by the pandemic pose a significant risk to the stimulation on which brain development thrives. Early childhood development is further jeopardized by the pandemic’s impact on caregivers.
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