the Rich Prevail Over the Poor — Global Issues

the Rich Prevail Over the Poor — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) – The 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) has implicitly rubber-stamped a widely-condemned policy of “vaccine apartheid” which has discriminated the world’s poorer nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, depriving them of any wide-ranging intellectual…

UN marks International Yoga Day — Global Issues

‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come — Global Issues

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the intense heatwave made its way from North Africa. The UN agency explained that an Atlantic low-pressure system between the Azores and Madeira is fuelling the warm front, pushing it towards western Europe. 10 degrees above normal And although it’s only mid-June, temperatures in…

Heres What the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Should Do to Be Inclusive — Global Issues

Heres What the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Should Do to Be Inclusive — Global Issues

Hunger and food insecurity impact more than 38 million Americans. Black and Hispanic families and other minority groups including LGBTQ folks, consistently and disproportionally experience food insecurity. Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service Hunger and food insecurity impact more than 38 million Americans….

UN marks International Yoga Day — Global Issues

WHO to determine if Monkeypox should be declared ‘Emergency of International Concern’; rights expert warns of COVID ‘vaccine apartheid’

The experts will meet on June 23 to assess whether the continuing outbreak represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest level of global alert, which currently applies only to the COVID-19 pandemic and polio. So far this year, more than 1,600 confirmed cases and almost 1,500 suspected…

UN marks International Yoga Day — Global Issues

Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia family planning board, win 2022 UN Population Award — Global Issues

The individual laureate is Member of Parliament Emma Theofelus, who is currently the Deputy Minister of Information in Namibia and the youngest-ever winner of the Award. The institutional laureate from Indonesia, BKKBN, is a non-ministerial Government agency that formulates national policies, implements family planning initiatives and mentors experts in the…

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030 — Global Issues

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030 — Global Issues

The AIDS pandemic continues to be responsible for more than 13,000 deaths every week. Yet, one year after adopting a political declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030, data from UNAIDS shows that HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are not currently…

Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries warns Tedros; calls for more testing, vaccines to end COVID pandemic — Global Issues

Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries warns Tedros; calls for more testing, vaccines to end COVID pandemic — Global Issues

At a press conference in Geneva updating on both the current Monkeypox outbreak and COVID-19, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that 29 countries where the Monkeypox virus does not usually circulate, had confirmed cases. “The risk of #monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries is real. WHO is particularly concerned about the…