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With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned as he called for greater action to avert a “hunger pandemic. WFP Executive Director David Beasley…
The US public will start receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from today (Monday) after it was authorized for emergency use. The first three million doses of the vaccine were shipped "across all states" over the weekend, according to Gen Gustave…
The World Health Organization has launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit." The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco" were released on Tuesday to mark…
The UN refugee agency – UNHCR estimates that the number of global forced displacement at Mid-year has surpassed 80million. This was contained in the agency’s report on global displacement released Wednesday in Geneva. According to the global displacement report, of…
Non-communicable diseases now make up 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, according to WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates, published on Monday. This is an increase from 4 of the 10 leading causes in 2000. The new data…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to take measures to curtail the rapid spread of covid19. The warning comes as countries on the continent continue to record more cases of the virus. Mary Stevens of the WHO Africa…
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, in a passionate, uncompromising speech delivered on Wednesday at Columbia University in New York. The landmark address marks the…
In a related development, an additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030, due to the severe longterm impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number to more than a billion, a new study from…
Leading UN economists said on Thursday that more than 32 million of the world’s poorest people face being pulled back into extreme poverty because of COVID-19. The experts highlighted data showing that the pandemic is likely to cause the worst…
The head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Wednesday that Global pressure on wages from COVID-19 will not stop with the arrival of a vaccine. The warning coincided with a major report showing how the pandemic had slowed…
Save the Children has warned of concerns for the mental wellbeing of children who are in overcrowded conditions after making the life threatening sea crossing alone from the West African coast to the Canary Islands. It said in a statement…
A group of more than 150 collaborators, led by Campaign for Nature and Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is calling on governments and conservation leaders to include indigenous people in all biodiversity discussions. The group says current conservation approaches have…
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