Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children: Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released by United Nations (UN) agencies ahead of the global Conference of the Parties (COP28) negotiations on climate change in Dubai. According […]
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Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children: – United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. Conflict, climate shocks, the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and rising costs of living […]
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Sunday 27 December, 2020, has been designated the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. Transcript Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: It’s hard to believe that only a year ago covet 19 was still completely unknown to us in the past 12 months our world has been turned upside down the impacts of the pandemic go […]