Global Issues
News headlines for “Health Issues”, page 52
Using Education To Stop the Generational Cycle of Violence Against Women in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Sep 20 (IPS) - Parliamentary representation by women in Pacific Island countries remains stubbornly low at 8.4 percent. Yet women leaders across the region have been meeting every year for the past four decades to discuss goals and drive action to address gender inequality and the most pressing development challenges in the Pacific.
Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, issued an urgent appeal on Friday for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid spread of mpox in six African countries including Burundi, where youngsters have been impacted the most.
Typhoon Yagi Devastates Southeast Asia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - In early September, Typhoon Yagi, a deadly tropical cyclone, hit Southeast Asia and Southern China, causing widespread destruction. According to the United Nations (UN), wind speeds, reaching 213 kilometers per hour, as well as heavy flooding and severe landslides, have devastated affected areas. Yagi is the strongest natural disaster to hit the South China Sea in three decades, leaving over 500 people killed, 38 missing, and 1,900 injured.
UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
- UN News
The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million total.
Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens While Polio Vaccine Campaign Succeeds
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 (IPS) - Today, the chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, confirmed that the first round of Gaza's polio vaccination campaign had ended successfully, reaching 90 percent coverage. The second round of this campaign is set to begin by the end of September, delivering Gaza's children with a critical second dose of the polio vaccine.
Odious Debts: What Can Bangladesh Learn from Ecuador?
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, NEW YORK, Sep 16 (IPS) - Bangladesh's White Paper committee will review foreign loan deals signed by the fallen kleptocratic regime. We recommend that it identifies and declares the loans or portions of loans that did not benefit the nation as unpayable, because they were siphoned off the country by corrupt politically powerful elites, or worse used to buy deadly weapons and surveillance equipment to oppress people. Such loans are "odious" – they stink and are detestable.
Leaders Can Rise to the Summit, Together
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 16 (IPS) - As heads of state and government fly into New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future (September 22-30), 2.3 billion mothers, fathers, and children are unsure where their next meal will come from. Millions face the terror of brutal, protracted armed conflicts that make no distinction between civilians and soldiers.
Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA
- UN News
Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are making conditions worse by the day for people in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned on Monday.
Gaza: WHO chief hails ‘massive success’ of polio campaign amid tragic reality
- UN News
Around 560,000 children under ten have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency campaign in the Gaza Strip, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday.
WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of an mpox vaccine for the first time, which it says should facilitate “timely and increased access” for millions at risk in Africa where the latest outbreak has infected more than 20,000 so far this year.
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