SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 2021 (IPS) – Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in developing countries. Grossly inadequate financing of relief, recovery and reform efforts has also further set…
Jul 2 2021 – The Bangladesh government does not fully meet the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so and has demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the…
Immigrant Health Professionals have lots to offer Canadian society, but often face barriers. Toronto, Canada, Aug 27 2021 (IPS) – Albert Einstein said, “In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity.” The year 2020 was a year of crisis…
Delegation of the People’s Republic of China making its debut at the UN Assembly Hall. Credit: Xinhua BEIJING, Oct 11 2021 (IPS) – China was one of the architects of the United Nations and was the first signatory of the…
School meals have a host of benefits, including improving enrollments and preventing malnutrition. Now the School Meals Coalition plans to recruit local food producers to assist in the programme. Credit: Bill Wegener/Unsplash United Nations, Nov 26 2021 (IPS) – Meals…
Fortunata Palomino is an experienced community organizer from Carabayllo and general coordinator of the Network of Soup Kitchens of Metropolitan Lima, which includes 2,247 soup kitchens. She is critical of the neglect by the authorities and hopes that women will…
Today, plastics are ubiquitous, pervading all aspects of human activity and invading all dimensions of the environment, with the result being the emergence of planet Plastics. Credit: Albert Oppong-Ansah PORTLAND, USA, Mar 21 2022 (IPS) – Planet Earth is increasingly…
Tuberculosis has killed 1,5 million people in 2020 – mostly in African and Asian countries – while two million people died of COVID-19 worldwide during the same period. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 19 2022 (IPS) –…
According to the 2021 World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report, extreme events have worsened the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Region, especially for the small island states of the…
Data Entry by Specially Trained Community Health Worker in Bangladesh. Credit: Abdullah Al Kafi DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 31 2022 (IPS) – The digital transformation of thousands of community health workers in Bangladesh has dramatically enhanced their work, while enabling the…