News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 115
Gender Central to Parliamentarians Programme of Action
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 23 (IPS) - The post-COVID-19 period has been a crucial one for members of parliament who have their work cut out to ensure that issues that arose during the pandemic are addressed, especially concerning the ICPD25 commitments and programmes of action for universal access to sexual and reproductive rights, gender-based violence and building peaceful, just and inclusive societies. Across the world, progress toward achieving the SDGs by 2030 was impacted during the pandemic.
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth
- UN News
Maternal health setbacks in many parts of the world have contributed to the worrying finding that a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth around every two minutes, UN agencies said on Thursday.
BRAC Resets Program Aimed at Empowering Adolescent Girls in Africa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (IPS) - BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihood Program (ELA) has benefitted tens of thousands of girls, and its recently released report shows an organization willing to adapt to the circumstances to continue to ensure adolescent girls and young women receive meaningful sexual and reproductive health rights support.
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.
Fear of Population Ageing
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Feb 21 (IPS) - Fear of population ageing is all over the news media and in government offices of country capitals worldwide. Planet Earth is becoming “planet ageing”.
Caribbean carnival performers take stage to fight COVID disinformation
- UN News
In Trinidad and Tobago, some performers have been tapping into traditional art forms ahead of the carnival on February 20-21 to encourage their communities to continue following COVID-19 health protocols as the country lifts restrictions on public gatherings.
Taking a Stance on Feminists Prejudice Against Religious Minority Women
- Inter Press Service
BRIGHTON, UK, Feb 17 (IPS) - Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have turned their back on me.
Driven by the War, Russian Women Arrive en Masse to Give Birth in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 16 (IPS) - They began to arrive en masse in Argentina in the second half of 2022, a few months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They are pregnant Russian women who land in the capital to give birth, with the hope of gaining an Argentine passport, given the fact that so many countries refuse to let in people with Russian passports today.
Outbreaks underline critical need to ramp up health systems: Tedros
- UN News
Current disease outbreaks highlight the urgent need for every country to ramp up its care systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief told journalists on Wednesday.
UN rights expert calls on Bangladesh to draft anti-discrimination leprosy laws
- UN News
An independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday called on Bangladesh to draft laws to better protect those affected by leprosy.
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