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Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges — Global Issues

ByNews Polite May 3, 2022

Pacific Community health experts conduct laboratory training for COVID-19 testing with their healthcare colleagues in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Credit: Pacific Community (SPC) by Catherine Wilson (canberra, australia) Tuesday, May 03, 2022 Inter Press Service CANBERRA, Australia, May 03 (IPS) – Before the pandemic emerged in 2020, health services in many Pacific Island…

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War in Ukraine, Religion and Abiding Ethnocentrism — Global Issues

ByNews Polite April 19, 2022

Refugees entering Poland from Ukraine at the Medyka border crossing point. March 2022. Credit: UNHCR/Chris Melzer Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 19 (IPS) – “The war in Ukraine is a European …and a Christian… matter… It does not require the…

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How can we Bridge the Finance Divide? — Global Issues

ByNews Polite April 18, 2022

A rainy day in the camps under COVID-19 lock-down, Maina IDP camp, Kachin, Myanmar. Credit: UNICEF/UNI358777/Oo. Opinion by Navid Hanif (united nations) Monday, April 18, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) – As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022…

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Act for Justice, Climate & Peace — Global Issues

ByNews Polite April 15, 2022

Opinion by Lysa John, Oli Henman (london / johannesburg) Friday, April 15, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple crises such as searing inequality and escalating climate change, this conflict…

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ECW, Strategic Partners Bring Relief to Child Refugees Fleeing Ukrainian Conflict — Global Issues

ByNews Polite April 14, 2022

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait, at the “Blue Dot” established by UNICEF, UNHCR and partners in Chișinău. “Blue Dot” support centers offer protection, temporary shelter, food and psychosocial support to meet the urgent needs of families fleeing Ukraine. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, April 14, 2022 Inter…

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