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Less Investment, Less Aid: How FDI Shortfalls are Hurting Global Relief Efforts
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 24 (IPS) - The world is losing interest in investing in others, especially when it comes to humanitarian aid. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has slowed to critical levels, weakening emerging markets and further slowing growth across developing nations.
‘Still reeling’: Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country
- UN News
Nearly three months after Myanmar’s strongest earthquake in a century, more than six million people remain in urgent need of assistance, as the disaster compounds a humanitarian crisis driven by years of conflict, political turmoil and mass displacement.
In the Face of Funding Cuts, Civil Society Has Taken a Leading Role in the Humanitarian Response
- Inter Press Service
Jun 23 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the closure of offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico with members of Integral Human Rights In Action (DHIA), a Mexican civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends human rights in contexts of mobility.
Time to Redesign Global Development Finance
- Inter Press Service
SEVILLE, Spain, Jun 23 (IPS) - Can the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) be a turning point? The stakes are high. The international financial system—so important to each and every one of us—feels out of reach and resistant to change, because it is deeply entrenched in unjust power imbalances that keep it in place. We deserve better.
Women in Afghanistan Face a Total Lack of Autonomy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - Nearly four years ago, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and issued a series of edicts that significantly restricted women’s rights nationwide. This has resulted in a multifaceted humanitarian crisis, one marked by a notable decline in civic freedoms, stunted national development, and a widespread lack of basic services.
Afghanistan’s Children in Dire Need of an ‘Acceleration in Nutrition Action’
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 23 (IPS) - Afghanistan is burdened with one of the highest rates of child wasting globally, with 3.5 million children under five years suffering from a severe form of malnutrition, leaving them dangerously underweight and unable to grow or thrive.
Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the world’s population, WHO report finds
- UN News
Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry.
‘One Earth, One Health’: Yoga Day provides respite in a tumultuous world
- UN News
In an age marked by conflicts, disease, dysfunction and mental health challenges, yoga offers a steady, time-trusted path to help find calm and harmony within – and without.
Climate and Health: Urgent Need for Adaptation Strategies in Africa
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Jun 20 (IPS) - In recent years, there has been growing evidence of how climate change is impacting human health in several ways.
WHO warns of a health financing emergency
- UN News
The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO).
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