Moyiga Nduru JOHANNESBURG, Jul 17 2006 (IPS) – When it comes to fighting the spread of HIV among South Africa s young people, one of the best weapons appears to be the youth itself. Just ask Zamani Cele, one of…
These Haitian schoolchildren are being supported by a WFP school feeding programme designed to end malnutrition which, for many countries, can be a double burden where overweight and obesity exist side by side with under-nutrition. Credit: UN Photo/Albert González Farran…
Farah Daibes is the Programme Manager of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Political Feminism project in the MENA region. Illustration by Rawand Issa BERLIN, Oct 2 2020 (IPS) – Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, feminists across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have…
Credit: WHO/Lindsay Mackenzie NEW YORK, Aug 20 2024 (IPS) – On August 15th, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, stated at a press briefing at the United Nations Headquarters that the Mpox epidemic continues to surge in the…
Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Rome-based UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP). He was President of the WFP Executive Board in 2018. ROME, May 26 2020 (IPS) – Hunger and food insecurity continue to rise. The official…