Health

“”The world wants and indeed needs a conventional plastic treaty because the crisis becomes uncontrollable – and people are frankly indignant“Said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UNEP of the United Nations Environment Program (UNP), the United Nations Agency at the head of talks. “We know that plastic is in our nature, in our oceans, […]

More than 1,180 cases of cholera – including around 300 in children – and at least 20 deaths were reported in Tawila, a city that has absorbed more than half a million people fleeing violence since April. In the wider region of Darfur, the toll is even more alarming: nearly 2,140 cases and at least

Development brands An important step for a region that carries almost 65% of the world HIV burden and has long depends imports antiretroviral drugs and test kits. But it can start to change. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) weakens the body’s immune system, reducing its ability to combat infections and certain cancers. Without a timely

The cancellation of most American funds in January means that many services to the most vulnerable persons have been deleted or suspended. Several political, security and socioeconomic crises have led 5.7 million people suffering from a lack of food and forced 1.3 million people to flee their homes. With a spectacular reduction in funding, Haiti

Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the United Nations, stressed the need for unhindered rescue operations and a peaceful path outside the crisis. “”The UN remains concerned by the current violence in Myanmar, including air bombings striking civilians and civil infrastructure,He said during the regular press briefing in New York. “”Civilians and humanitarian workers should be

The agreement was announced on Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, current president of the Asean of Southeast Asia, was announced at midnight on Malaysian Bloc. The clashes, which started on July 24, would have moved more than 130,000 people in Thailand and more than 4,000 people in Cambodia, aid partners announced last week. According to

“Strong rains, generalized floods and the high level of movement all feed the risk of cholera transmission and put the lives of children in danger,” said UNICEF regional director for West and central Africa Gilles Fagninou. Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the consumption of food or water contaminated by bacteria. The disease

The report estimates 8.2% of the world’s population (673 million people) experienced a hunger in 2024down 8.5% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2022. Latin America and Asia have experienced improvements, the prevalence of undernourishment lowering 1.2% in Asia and 1% in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2022 and 2024. However, 20% of the African

Mathare, one of the largest slums in the country, is home to more than 500,000 people in five square kilometers, piling up them together and storing human waste that they produce in the streams discovered. But when he told the visit later to the PK Press Club, it was not the image that stuck him

The report, which will be published later this month, reveals how between 2020 and 2024, the world experienced a spectacular increase in food prices pulled by a combination of COVVI-19 inflation, of the war in Ukraine restricting movements on food and raw materials and the increase in climatic shocks. “The episodes described in this publication