News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 211
UN providing equipment and supplies to help India fight rapid COVID-19 surge
- UN News
The United Nations is supporting India as the country battles a major surge in COVID-19 cases which on Wednesday saw the overall reported death toll top 201,000, according to latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures. Confirmed cases stand at just under 18 million nationwide.
Why Variants are Most Likely to Blame for India's COVID Surge
- Inter Press Service
Apr 28 (IPS) - With more than 300,000 new COVID cases a day and hospitals and crematoria facing collapse, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the situation in India “beyond heartbreaking”.
COVID-19 cases rise for ninth consecutive week, variants continue spreading
- UN News
COVID-19 infections have increased for the ninth consecutive week globally while variants continue their spread, the UN health agency has confirmed.
State of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Are Government Policies Effective in Controlling it?
- Inter Press Service
NEW JERSEY, Apr 28 (IPS) - The SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) affected the entire world; many died, millions got sick, and the misery continues. Second and third waves of SARS.Cov-2 infection are devastating most countries.
Risky business: COVID-19 and safety at work
- UN News
The numbers of home workers around the world have been swelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, putting a fresh focus on the need for employers to ensure that their employees are working in a safe environment. On the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we look at some of the ways the UN is helping employers and governments to keep people safe, wherever they work.
Key workers need greater protections amidst COVID fight, new ILO report warns
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the workplace dangers faced by key workers who need far greater protection to do their jobs safely, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday.
‘Disasters know no borders’ says Guterres, 35 years on from Chernobyl nuclear accident
- UN News
In his message for Chernobyl International Remembrance Day on Monday, the UN chief reminded that “disasters know no borders”.
Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on Infants and Young Children
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 26 (IPS) - Conventional wisdom is that the health of young children is not at great risk from COVID-19, but, in the Global South, the space constraints imposed on young children by the pandemic pose a significant risk to the stimulation on which brain development thrives. Early childhood development is further jeopardized by the pandemic’s impact on caregivers.
New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives
- UN News
A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who have missed lifesaving jabs against diseases such as measles, yellow fever and diptheria, in large part because of COVID-19 disruption.
Iraq: UN representative calls for ‘stronger protection measures’ after fatal fire in COVID hospital
- UN News
The UN Special Representative in Iraq expressed “shock and pain” on Sunday over a deadly accident that befell a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
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