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The Coronavirus pandemic prolongs, a lethal mix of confinement, deepening poverty and economic duress is unleashing a renewed wave of violence against refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is warning. UN High Commissioner for…

Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year. That’s according to a new report released by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as the agency calls…

Coalition plus, an international coalition of community-based NGOs have called for comprehensive testing for HIV and Hepatitis especially in rural communities. This is coming as the coalition launches its first edition of the International Screening Week from 23 to 27th…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide 119 million dollars to the U.N. World Food Programme for school meals in five countries in Asia and Africa. The director of WFP’s Washington office said the donation by the agency demonstrates real leadership…

Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies on Sunday endorsed a plan to extend a freeze in official debt service payments by the poorest countries to mid-2021. They also backed a common approach for dealing with their debt problems. In…

 Measles surged worldwide in 2019 reaching highest number of reported cases in 23 years. Highlighted in a publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), measles cases worldwide increased to…

Member States recommended the adoption of two resolutions on meningitis control and epilepsy at the 73rd World Health Assembly on Thursday.  Committee A, which focuses on programme and budget matters, decided to recommend the adoption of the first-ever resolution on meningitis, which…

U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Monday that its coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 for those who had no evidence of previously being infected. More than 50 million coronavirus infections have been recorded worldwide since the virus…

Restrictions impeding access to asylum, spiraling gender-based violence, risks of unsafe returns, and loss of livelihoods are among some of the deep and hard-hitting impacts the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on refugees, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs,…