B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in his weekly briefing to journalists that the global figure overall remains “relatively stable”, but nobody should be under any illusion, that the coronavirus is on the way out. “#COVID19, driven by BA.4 and BA.5 in many places, cases are on the rise in…

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Senior UN official

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Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s roads a global development challenge for all societies, especially for the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has said, ahead of the first ever High-level General Assembly Meeting on Improving Road Safety.   Read the full story, “Safer…

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

Older Persons as Agents of Development — Global Issues

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Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 29 (IPS) – Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as street vendors, drive tuk-tuks and buses, exercise in…

What You Need to Know about the US Supreme Court Abortion Decision — Global Issues

What You Need to Know about the US Supreme Court Abortion Decision — Global Issues

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A half-century of reproduction rights upended by the Supreme Court. Credit: Greenpeace. Opinion  boston, usa Monday, June 27, 2022 Inter Press Service BOSTON, USA, Jun 27 (IPS) – After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling in Dobbs…

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends — Global Issues

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The World Drug Report 2022 also details the environmental consequences of the illicit drugs trade, the expansion of synthetic drugs to new markets, and an all-time high in cocaine production. “Numbers for the manufacturing and seizures of many illicit drugs are hitting record highs, even as global emergencies are deepening…

Urgent Need to Enact Proposed Law to Secure Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa Countries — Global Issues

Urgent Need to Enact Proposed Law to Secure Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa Countries — Global Issues

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The proposed law seeks to provide age appropriate sexual and reproductive health information and services. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS Opinion by Stephanie Musho (nairobi) Monday, June 27, 2022 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 27 (IPS) – The Ministry of Health in Kenya recently reported that about 700 teenage girls got pregnant daily…

B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases — Global Issues

Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO — Global Issues

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The announcement comes two days after WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus convened an Emergency Committee on the disease, under the International Health Regulations (IHR), to address the rising caseload. “The WHO Director-General concurs with the advice offered by the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak and, at present,…