Commitment to African Medicines Agency Needs More Than Words — Global Issues

Commitment to African Medicines Agency Needs More Than Words — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

To date, 19 countries have already ratified the treaty. However, this number remains far short of the 55 AU member states and excludes some of the region’s power houses such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Senegal. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS Opinion by Johnpaul Omollo, Taonga Chilalika (nairobi/johannesburg) Friday, April 29,…

Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan — Global Issues

Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The extreme heat is impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, threatening to damage whole ecosystems. Working closely with health and disaster management agencies, the national meteorological and hydrological departments in both countries, plan to roll out heat health action…

Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan — Global Issues

Health workers, children, among 200 killed in ‘senseless and brutal attacks’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Nearly 200 civilians were killed over the past six days alone in renewed clashes between the Arab Rzeigat and African Masalit communities, around the town of Kereneik.  Two health facilities were also attacked, and thousands of displaced people have sought refuge in the town’s military compound.  “WHO joins the Special…