News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 84
Pakistans Free Healthcare Insurance Benefits Women, Poor
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Feb 22 (IPS) - A free health insurance initiative started in Pakistan has benefited poor patients, especially women who have outnumbered men in using the cashless health services under the Sehat Card Plus programme.
Role of Regional Economic Cooperation in Inclusive Digital Transformation in Asia
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, The People's Republic of China, Feb 21 (IPS) - Digitalization is a key driver of competitiveness and development. As the world takes the path to unprecedented digital advancement, Asia continues to be a powerhouse of digital transformations in a wide range of areas from microchip manufacturing to electric vehicles, from digital currency to e-commerce.
UN Hobbled by Junta and Under Pressure Over Myanmar Aid Crisis
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Feb 21 (IPS) - Nearly 18 million people – about one-third of Myanmar’s population – need humanitarian aid this year because of civil war and the post-coup economic crisis, according to the latest United Nations estimates.
ECW High-Level Financing Conference Raises More than 826 Million USD to Keep Crisis-Impacted Children in School
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA & NAIROBI, Feb 16 (IPS) - As an unparalleled, unprecedented global education crisis unfolds, an estimated 222 million crisis-impacted children are desperate to learn. As barriers to accessing education increase, darkness beckons, and education is their last hope.
One Year Later: The Impact of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict on Africa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16 (IPS) - In today’s interconnected world, shots fired in one corner of the globe create ripple effects in other, seemingly far, places. One year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, African countries, although physically miles away, have not been spared its aftershocks.
China and Russia Fail to Defund UN Human Rights Work
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (IPS) - United Nations member states agreed to fully fund UN human rights mechanisms that China, Russia, and their allies had sought to defund in the 2023 budget. This should set a precedent for UN human rights funding in the future.
Turkey's Shaky Foundations
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 14 (IPS) - Geology explains the terrible earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria on February 6 with academic coldness: the Arabian, Eurasian and African plates pressure the Anatolian plate. On the surface, geopolitics resorts to concepts like "fault", "tension" or "fracture" to explain things too. When one looks at Turkey, both disciplines’ maps can easily overlap each other, with a death toll calculated in the tens of thousands.
Outlook for 2023: Children in Polycrisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (IPS) - The year 2022 was incredibly difficult for people around the world. We were confronted by a series of major crises, including a continuing pandemic, a major war in Europe, an energy crisis, rising inflation and food insecurity.
Worlds Deadliest Earthquake Leaves over 33,000 Dead
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 13 (IPS) - Almost over 33,000 people have been killed and thousands injured by the 7.8 earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey and Syria in the early hours on Monday, February 6th. The first images that came out were of collapsed buildings, rubble strewn across streets, people trapped under rubbles, screaming for help. What followed was the unusually strong aftershock - including one quake which was almost as large as the first.
Humanitarian Aid to Earthquake Victims Hindered by Politics - & Limited Access
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - As the toll in last week’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria exceeds a staggering 28,000 people dead and more than 78,000 injured--and counting-- the United Nations is in an emergency-footing struggling to provide humanitarian aid, along with several international humanitarian organizations.
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