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Initiative aims to prevent Hep C infection in marginalized groups in low-income countries

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Initiative aims to prevent Hep C infection in marginalized groups in low-income countries 17 April 2023 Unsplash/Diana Polekhina Hepatitis C disproportionately affects marginalized groups including people who inject drugs. A $31 million investment announced on Tuesday seeks to prevent hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs and other high-risk populations in low and middle-…

Diplomacy, not isolation, must reverse ‘negative trajectory’ on Korean Peninsula

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Diplomacy, not isolation, must reverse ‘negative trajectory’ on Korean Peninsula 17 April 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council ministerial-level meeting on the nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe (file) Unity of the Security Council is “essential” to ease tensions and…

Zambia: UN experts concerned over delay in the country’s debt restructuring

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Zambia: UN experts concerned over delay in the country’s debt restructuring 17 April 2023 UNDP/Karin Schermbucker Solar panels provide cost-efficient, sustainable and reliable sources of energy, at a health centre in Shibuyunji District Zambia. UN independent human rights experts on Monday said they were deeply concerned over delays in reaching an agreement on the restructuring of …

From the Field: Haiti’s ‘hostage population’ struggle to survive

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: Haiti’s ‘hostage population’ struggle to survive 16 April 2023 © Shneider Léon Hilaire Artwork from Shneider Léon Hilaire, featured in a UN humanitarian report on Haiti. Haiti’s population is being held hostage to brutality and gang violence, according to a report from the UN humanitarian office (OCHA), which contains harrowing testimony from a country seemingly in freefall…

WFP chief puts hold on Sudan aid operations, following death of 3 staff in unrest

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home WFP chief puts hold on Sudan aid operations, following death of 3 staff in unrest 16 April 2023 © UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran World Food Programme (WFP) staff members load bags of split yellow peas onto a truck in a WFP warehouse based in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. The World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily halted all operations, as a result of the fighting between rival…

First Person: Keeping memories of genocide victims alive

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Keeping memories of genocide victims alive 15 April 2023 UN News/Florence Westergard Immaculée Songa, she lost her husband and two daughters in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Immaculée Songa survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, but her husband and two daughters, as well as many relatives and friends, were killed. At the launch of a UN…

UN chief and officials condemn fighting between Sudanese forces

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief and officials condemn fighting between Sudanese forces 15 April 2023 UN News/Abdelmonem Makki Khartoum, Sudan (file) Following reports of armed fighting in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Saturday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the head of the UN Mission in the country, issued statements on Saturday strongly condemning the violence, as other senior officials voiced…

World Chagas Day calls for primary health care to track ‘silent’ disease

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home World Chagas Day calls for primary health care to track ‘silent’ disease 14 April 2023 © CDC/James Gathany The “kissing bug”, so named because it bites the lips of sleeping humans, can transfer Chagas disease. Early screening can make Chagas a disease of the past, said UNITAID, a global agency hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the occasion of World Chagas Disease Day,…

Haiti: $720 million plan to support millions facing gangs, hunger and cholera

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: $720 million plan to support millions facing gangs, hunger and cholera 14 April 2023 © UNICEF/Odlyn Joseph A woman in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, carries water she has bought from a local trader. The UN and partners are appealing for $720 million to support more than three million people in Haiti, where gangs, hunger, and cholera have plunged nearly half the population into humanitarian…

Yemen: UN envoy welcomes mass prisoner release, urges push for political solution to war

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: UN envoy welcomes mass prisoner release, urges push for political solution to war 14 April 2023 © WFP/Mohammed Awadh The Al Gahmalyya neighbourhood in Taiz City, Yemen, has been severely damaged as a result of years of conflict. As a major exchange of prisoners linked to Yemen’s longstanding war began on Friday, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg urged the warring sides to continue their…