News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 131
Let’s Fight for What Counts to End AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Sep 15 (IPS) - Next week, taking place alongside the UN General Assembly, President Biden hosts a financing summit in New York of such importance that it will determine if millions of people live, will shape the world around us for years to come and will set the future direction of global health. At least $18 billion is needed to fund the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight: WHO
- UN News
As the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 plunged to its lowest since March 2020, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the end of the pandemic is now in sight.
Syria: Cholera outbreak is ‘serious threat’ to whole Middle East
- UN News
The official declaration of a cholera outbreak in the Aleppo region of Syria at the weekend, represents “a serious threat to people in Syria”, and the whole Middle East region, said the UN humanitarian relief coordinator for the country on Tuesday.
Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia
- UN News
Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, 173,000 more than during the 2011 famine, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.
United We Stand to Achieve Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK / BEIJING, Sep 12 (IPS) - The world today faces a future that is in peril. Our challenges have become more complex and interconnected, as we see the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, an uneven economic recovery, a climate emergency, growing inequalities, and an increase in conflicts globally. This year also marks a grim milestone, with over 100 million people forcibly displaced.
As New Covid Boosters Move Forward, Better Outreach is Needed to Save US Lives
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - This week––nearly ten months after the emergence of the Omicron variant––the United States is rolling out Covid-19 booster vaccines that specifically target newer, now-dominant strains of the virus.
UN health agency kicks off meningitis vaccination campaigns in Africa
- UN News
With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at a heightened risk of outbreaks of meningitis type A, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) - With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response.
Pollution and climate change upsurge the risk of ‘climate penalty’
- UN News
A rise in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will not only increase wildfires this century but also worsen air quality – harming human health and ecosystems, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched on Wednesday, the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies.
Eight International Development Priorities for the new UK Prime Minister
- Inter Press Service
BRIGHTON, UK, Sep 06 (IPS) - The UK’s new Prime Minister (and former Foreign Secretary), Liz Truss, enters Downing Street with a full and urgent in-tray, dominated by the highest inflation rate for 40 years and concerns across the country about the cost-of-living crisis.
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