Clean hands may make the difference between life and death – WHO report — Global Issues

Clean hands may make the difference between life and death – WHO report — Global Issues

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The coronavirus pandemic and other disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to which healthcare settings can contribute to the spread of infections. “The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many challenges and gaps in IPC in all regions and countries, including those which had the most advanced IPC programmes,” said Tedros Adhanom…

UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

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“We’re anticipating numbers in terms of all forms of violence against children to be in the tens of thousands for sure,” said Aaron Greenberg, UNICEF’s regional child protection advisor for Europe & Central Asia. Since the start of war in Ukraine, we’ve reached over 140,000 children and caregivers with mental health and…

Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack — Global Issues

Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack — Global Issues

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Delivering medicine and humanitarian aid to those in need. Credit: 100%LIFE via UNAIDS Opinion by Eamonn Murphy (geneva) Friday, May 06, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer is UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director and is leading UNAIDS’ humanitarian response.Alongside the devastation caused by bombs and bullets, the…

The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador — Global Issues

The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Francisca Piecho stands with her daughter-in-law Johana Cruz and her grandson outside her home that now has electricity from solar energy, in the village of Cacho de Oro, Teotepeque municipality, in the southern department of La Libertad. Hers and other rural Salvadoran families have seen their lives improve with the…

‘Cycle of death, destruction’ must stop, UN chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

‘Cycle of death, destruction’ must stop, UN chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“I said the same thing in Moscow as I did in Kyiv…Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of the United Nations,” he told the Ambassadors.     “It must end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world…the…

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises .5 billion — Global Issues

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Mr. Griffiths was addressing the International Donor Conference for Ukraine in Warsaw. Co-hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council. The conference raised a reported $6.5 billion. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 5.7 million people have…

Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed — Global Issues

Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The 27 trucks delivered nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of food and other essential items to the city of Mekelle, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.  This was the fourth humanitarian convoy to reach Tigray since the transportation of aid resumed at the beginning of April, following more…

UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

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After two years of COVID-19 lockdowns and amid increasing pressures on the classic “9 to five” business model – from zero-hours contracts to telework – ILO Director-General Guy Ryder insisted on Thursday that voluntary negotiations known as collective bargaining had proved their worth. “Workers want to keep their heads above the water,…