News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 210
Overcoming COVID myths and fears in Malawi
- UN News
Healthcare workers in Malawi are concerned that misinformation about COVID-19 is preventing patients in dire need of medical attention not related to the virus, from seeking what could be live-saving treatment.
A Year Later, COVID-19 Continues to Show the Fragility of Food Security
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 01 (IPS) - More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, food and nutrition security continues to show its fragility.
COVID-19 ‘vaccine equity in action’ in the Maldives: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- UN News
The roll-out of vaccinations to prevent COVID-19 infections rising in the Maldives is a good example of “vaccine equity in action” according to Catherine Haswell, the UN Resident Coordinator for the Indian Ocean island nation.
Decades of health gains at risk in Brazil due to COVID-19
- UN News
Although COVID-19 cases are declining in Brazil, the pandemic is putting decades of public health gains there at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report
- UN News
Inequalities in addressing AIDS threaten global efforts to stamp out the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a report published on Friday, which provides 10 key recommendations to get the world back on track.
Vaccinated Europeans now outnumber those infected by COVID, but ‘threat remains present’
- UN News
Just over 460 days since the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Europe, more citizens living in the region have now been vaccinated, than the number infected, and although new cases and hospitalizations are falling, “the threat remains present”, a senior UN health official said on Thursday.
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.
Madagascar edges toward famine, UN food agency appeals for assistance
- UN News
An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indian Ocean, is forcing hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine at a scale “beyond belief”, a senior UN food agency official said on Thursday.
Increased cancer risk for petroleum industry workers and people living near plants: New UN study
- UN News
People working in the petroleum industry or living near petroleum facilities are at increased risk of developing several different cancer types, according to a new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARCWHO), part of the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
First Person: Panic as COVID-19 ‘tsunami’ hits India
- UN News
A UN staff member in India has described the huge upsurge in COVID-19 infections in her country in recent days as a “tsunami”, and has spoken of the “panic” she felt, as her immediate family became infected with the virus.
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