End ‘punitive and discriminatory laws’ to beat AIDS — Global Issues

End ‘punitive and discriminatory laws’ to beat AIDS — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Mandeep Dhaliwal, the director of HIV and health at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) is concerned that the proliferation of such laws is hampering the UN’s response to the virus, which is also being hit by a host of interconnected global crises. Mandeep Dhaliwal:It is a pivotal time and opportunity…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

New World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines advise countries to use the new potentially game-changing drug which is not yet available for sale, as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV, and as part of a comprehensive approach to prevent the virus from spreading. Those using most PrEP medications on the market, have…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

Uptick in migrants heading home as world rebounds from COVID-19 — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Global Migration, which had decreased by approximately 27 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic, has begun to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. In 2021, IOM assisted 49,795 migrants return to their countries of origin, representing an increase of 18 per cent from the previous year.  Reflecting on the report Yitna Getachew,…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

UN welcomes new centre to put Ukraine grain exports deal into motion — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), inaugurated on Wednesday, brings together senior representatives from Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye and the UN.  The Joint Coordination Centre, which aims to facilitate safe export of commercial foodstuffs and fertilizers from key Ukrainian ports, was officially inaugurated today in Istanbul. This is an important step toward…

World Bank provides 0 million in emergency support — Global Issues

World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support — Global Issues

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In the first-ever direct contribution between the two UN agencies in the country, the Sudan Emergency Safety Nets Project aims to provide cash transfers and food for more than two million people across the impoverished and crisis-wracked nation, including for those internally displaced. “WFP is extremely grateful to the World…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

Guterres strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo which left 3 dead, amid protests — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

According to news reports, at least 15 people died overall during a second day of protests in the restive North Kivu region, which began on Monday, with demonstrators accusing the United Nations of failing to do enough to stop a rise in deadly attacks by armed groups, some of which…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

Iraq resort shelling a ‘shocking disregard for civilian life’, UN envoy says — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Ambassadors convened late in the afternoon New York time, to discuss the 20 July attack in Zahko, a city in the Kurdistan region near the border with Türkiye, in an area where Turkish forces are conducting counter-terrorism operations against outlawed militant groups.  Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert provided a timeline of developments since…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies for over 50,000 children in Odesa — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Using a total of 27 cargo trucks, UNICEF was able to access the southern Ukrainian city and pre-position water purification equipment, sanitation and hygiene supplies, to prevent sickness due to lack of clean water and sanitation – a major threat to vulnerable families caught in war. Around 110,000 people will…

Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir — Global Issues

Outlook worsens as global recession looms – IMF — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The World Economic Outlook Update July 2022: Gloomy and More Uncertain, highlights the significant consequences of the stalling of the world’s three main economic powerhouses – the United States, China and the major European economies. The world may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession – IMF economist…