Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report — Global Issues

Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report — Global Issues

Issues surrounding working hours and conditions are “at the heart of most labour market reforms and evolutions taking place in the world today”, Branch Chief Philippe Marcadent said in the foreword to ILO’s Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World. “The number of hours worked, the way in which…

Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report — Global Issues

Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality — Global Issues

In 2021, an estimated five million boys and girls died before their fifth birthday together with some 2.1 million counterparts aged between five and 24 years, according to the latest estimates by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).  A second report found that 1.9 million…

Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report — Global Issues

WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge — Global Issues

“We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive, real-time viral sequencing,” he said, speaking from Geneva.  WHO is concerned about the risk to life in the world’s most populous country and reiterated the importance of stepping up vaccination…

Africas Maternal Deaths Need Urgent Action to Meet SDG Goals — Global Issues

Africas Maternal Deaths Need Urgent Action to Meet SDG Goals — Global Issues

Africa needs to urgently invest in health programmes to reduce maternal deaths, which is more than five times above the 2030 SDG target of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births. Measures include ensuring women access to skilled birth attendants. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPS by Francis Kokutse (accra) Tuesday,…

China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting — Global Issues

China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting — Global Issues

In Geneva, a spokesperson for the WHO confirmed to journalists in Geneva that Chinese scientists had been invited to participate in a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19. The 30-strong expert group was formed in June 2020 to advise the UN health agency and Member States on coronavirus…

Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions — Global Issues

Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions — Global Issues

Announcing the news, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has already begun contacting communities to ensure a smooth operation.  Measles, which is preventable, remains a major health problem in Ethiopia, with several outbreaks reported in different parts of the country, the UN health agency said.  Vaccinations are planned across the nation for a total of 15.5 million youngsters aged nine to 59 months, including in hard-to-reach places affected by drought…

UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness — Global Issues

UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness — Global Issues

“The costs have been catastrophic”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement marking the day. Since the pandemic struck, he pointed out that millions of lives have been lost, as hundreds of millions fallen ill. And economies have been shattered, health systems stretched, and trillions of dollars lost. Moreover, progress…

Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County — Global Issues

Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County — Global Issues

“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my life”, 28-year-old Akure Ewar told UNFPA. At seven months pregnant, she complains that she is hungry and often feels dizzy when going about her day. “The dry seasons have been progressively getting worse over the last three years,…