SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 1 2021 (IPS) – Pandemic relief measures in developing countries have been limited by modest resources, fear of financial market discipline and policy mimicry. COVID-19 has triggered not only an international public health emergency, but also a global economic crisis, , especially in developing countries.
Struggling to cope
The pandemic’s economic and social impacts weigh more heavily on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The estimated that the pandemic pushed 119 to 124 million more people into extreme poverty in 2020.
Anis Chowdhury
The Bank also reported disproportionately larger in terms of closures, drops in s…
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait
NEW YORK, Jul 9 2021 (IPS) – It may be a challenge, but it is also an absolute necessity: bridging the gap between international law and reality and quickly crossing the bridge to reach all crisis-affected children and youth left furthest behind. Inclusive and equitable quality education is the right of every girl and boy and the objective of Sustainable Development Goal 4.
Yasmine Sherif
In fact, there are multiple challenges to overcome: in 2020, in countries of emergencies and protracted crisis further hit by COVID-19 the United Nations also registered more than , according to the , dated 22 May.
This …
NEW DELHI, India, Aug 31 2021 (IPS) – With elections right round the corner in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently said that a re-elected Liberal government would spend billions in the coming years to hire family doctors. This says, Justin Trudeau promised that the Liberals would spend $3 billion over four years starting in 2022 to hire 7500 family doctors and nurses as well as tax and student loan incentives for health professionals who set up shop in rural or remote communities and also pledges an extra $6 billion to wrestle with wait lists.
Dr. Shafi Bhuiyan
A 2019 states that there were 91,375 physicians in Canada, representing 241 physicians per 100…
Supermarkets stock both millet and sorghum products, but these are often ignored. Now research has shown the crops have health benefits and are climate resilient. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE , Dec 1 2021 (IPS) – Millet could be Africa’s silver bullet for combating anaemia – and apart from health benefits, it is climate-resilient.
led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) says millet, effectively combating anaemia.
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines, Aug 3 2022 (IPS) – With the national election and transfer of power in the Philippines from outgoing President Duterte to incoming President Marcos Jr. in July 2022, it seems an appropriate time to briefly take stock of the country’s current demographic situation, as well as recent related developments.
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NEW YORK, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) – Calling it “so disappointing and disheartening” in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that “I was sexually assaulted by a World Health Organization (WHO) staff tonight at the World Health Summit.”
WHO, as we all know, is a part of the UN system of entities. She went to emphasize that “This was not the first time in the global health sphere that this has occurred (for MANY of us).”
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NEW YORK, Aug 12 2022 (IPS) – Today marks , a global celebration of the transformative power of young people. Introduced by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, the event was inaugurated not only to observe the power of the youth voice, but to serve as a promise from those in power to activate the power of youth across the development sector.
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Since then, the United Nations appointed a Youth Envoy, dedicated to the diffusion of the day’s promise, and many aid organizations have followed suit by including the voices of young people in social media campaigns, high-level events, and stakeholder forums.
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