Global Community Celebrates Medical Innovations and Milestones Since Defining Leprosy Discovery 150 Years Ago — Global Issues

Global Community Celebrates Medical Innovations and Milestones Since Defining Leprosy Discovery 150 Years Ago — Global Issues

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Yohei Sasakawa, WHO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, speaks at the two-day Bergen International Conference on Hansen’s Disease. The conference coincided with the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Mycobacterium leprae by Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen. Credit: Thor Brødreskift/Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, June 22,…

Human Rights Defenders in Exile Safety Imperiled by Host Countries’ Declining Civil Rights — Global Issues

Human Rights Defenders in Exile Safety Imperiled by Host Countries’ Declining Civil Rights — Global Issues

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Irene Grace says human rights defenders hiding in Kenya fear harassment and intimidation due to a decline in civic rights. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 20 (IPS) – Home Away From Home is the theme of World Refugee Day 2023….

Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassadors Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy — Global Issues

Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassadors Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy — Global Issues

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Yohei Sasakawa chronicles his campaign to rid the world of leprosy in his biography Making the Impossible Possible. Credit: Hurst Publishers by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, June 19, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 19 (IPS) – In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded….

Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season — Global Issues

Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season — Global Issues

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Temporary medical camps are still the norm in some areas of Pakistan as the country struggles to recover from last year’s flooding. Now areas of the country are facing Cyclone Biparjoy and a monsoon season, and warnings are that food insecurity may increase. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Tuesday,…

Cyclone Freddy has put Women & Girls in Malawi at Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation — Global Issues

Cyclone Freddy has put Women & Girls in Malawi at Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation — Global Issues

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Opinion by Tara Carey (blantyre, malawi) Monday, June 12, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 12 (IPS) – “Cyclone Freddy was a terrible experience, and now many women who lost their homes and their livelihoods are at increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” warns Caleb Ng’ombo, Director of People…

Conflict & Hunger Deeply Embedded in War-Ravaged Yemen — Global Issues

Conflict & Hunger Deeply Embedded in War-Ravaged Yemen — Global Issues

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Abdulwasea Mohammed addressing UN Member States, UN agencies, fellow NGOs during Protection of Civilians Week last month. Credit: Oxfam Opinion by Abdulwasea Mohammed (sana’a, yemen) Tuesday, June 06, 2023 Inter Press Service SANA’A, Yemen, Jun 06 (IPS) – During the week of May 21, the UN held its annual week dedicated…

Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies — Global Issues

Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies — Global Issues

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Rt. Hon Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, visited the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu in April to discuss climate justice and witnessed the impacts of Cyclones Judy and Kevin in the country. Photo Credit: Commonwealth Secretariat by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Monday, June 05, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jun 05…

As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, the Neighbors Pay the Price — Global Issues

As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, the Neighbors Pay the Price — Global Issues

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Long wait at the border between Sudan and Egypt. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS by Hisham Allam (cairo) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, May 25 (IPS) – The conflict in Sudan is impacting the economy in Egypt, and those who make their living moving goods across the borders have spent…

Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism — Global Issues

Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism — Global Issues

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Opinion by Kirsten Stade (st paul, minnesota, usa) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter Press Service ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, May 25 (IPS) – A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved. While coverage of…

How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society — Global Issues

How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society — Global Issues

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Founder of Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (here pictured with fighters), claims that Bakhmut is now in Moscow’s control. However his claims are disputed by Ukraine. by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (IPS) – The Wagner group, a shadowy mercenary group that…