It ’ s Crucial for the U.S. to Figure Out How Much Carbon Emissions Are Costing All of Us
This article is part of a series on key topics in the climate crisis for time.com and CO2.com, a division of TIME that helps companies reduce their impact on the planet. For more information, go to co2.com (Source: TIME: Science)
Source: TIME: Science - October 20, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Steven Yoder Tags: Uncategorized climate change Explainer healthscienceclimate policy Source Type: news
The Webb Telescope ’ s New ‘ Pillars of Creation ’ Picture Is Absolutely Dazzling
Few people were paying much attention to the doings at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on April 1, 1995. The big news that day included the end of Major League Baseball’s 232-day players’ strike; the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Haiti, after helping to support the embattled government of President Jean-Betrand Aristide; and fresh testimony at the murder trial of one-time football great O.J. Simpson, challenging his claimed whereabouts on the night his former wife and a friend of hers were killed.
With all that, there was little room in the ...
Source: TIME: Science - October 20, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Medical teams raise alarms as deadly cholera outbreak grows amid violence in Haiti
The death toll is mounting in a growing cholera outbreak in Haiti, all while the beleaguered Caribbean country grapples with gang violence, crumbling infrastructure, and widespread social and political unrest. Most concerning, advocates say, is the spread of cholera in Haiti’s overcrowded prison system. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Haiti crisis merits intervention, draft U.S. proposal for U.N. says
#haiti #intervention (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Soaring violence, fuel crisis and a cholera outbreak: Haiti in the grip of a “humanitarian catastrophe”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti– As protection, health-care and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the UN (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Miami's Little Haiti Joins Global Effort to End Cervical Cancer Miami's Little Haiti Joins Global Effort to End Cervical Cancer
Creole-speaking public health workers teach women how to test themselves for HPV, the virus that causes some cervical cancers.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
UN ponders rapid armed force to help end Haiti's crisis - The Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres submitted a letter to the Security Council on Sunday proposing the immediate activation of a rapid action force following a plea... #protesters #activation #gangs #theassociatedpress #haiti #sanjuan #antónioguterres #securitycouncil #puertorico #actionforce (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.N. chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send "a rapid action force" to help Haiti's police remove a threat posed by armed gangs, according to a letter to... #antonioguterres #gangs #haiti #actionforce #secretarygeneral #unsecuritycouncil (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Liberia: Liberia Benefits Pen-Plus Strategy to Treat Sickle Cell, Diabetes, and Heart Diseases
[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia is along with Malawi and Haiti to benefit from a Partner in Health and the World Health Organization's medical program, called the Pen-Plus Strategy. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kofi Time: The Podcast
By External SourceAug 24 2022 (IPS-Partners)
About the Podcast
Regarded as one of the modern world’s icons of diplomacy, what is Kofi Annan’s legacy today? What can we learn from him, and how can we prepare for tomorrow, based on his vision for a better world?
In this exclusive 10-part podcast, Ahmad Fawzi, one of Kofi Annan’s former spokespersons and communication Advisor, will examine how Kofi Annan tackled a specific crisis and its relevance to today’s world and challenges.
Kofi Annan’s call to bring all stakeholders around the table — including the private sector, local authorities, civil society org...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Armed Conflicts Civil Society Climate Change Food and Agriculture Health Multimedia Peace Podcast Source Type: news
Women are left vulnerable as Haiti's spiralling gang violence and healthcare crisis intensifies - Taylor L.
Haiti's economic crisis, growing lawlessness, and escalating gang violence are causing its health system to collapse just as women need it most, say non-governmental medical organisations operating in the country.
Gang warfare has intensified in the pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Insecurity fuels sexual violence fears in Haiti - Cousins S.
A few months ago, 19-year-old Islande (name changed for confidentiality) got a call that her son was sick and that she needed to pick him up from school immediately. As a garment factory worker in Port-au-Prince, she earned only a few dollars a day. She di... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Amid gruelling violence and economic collapse, women and girls in Haiti need urgent support
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti– As Haiti’s economy teeters on the brink of collapse and essential services crumble, residents of the capital Port-au-Prince are caught in a horrifying crossfire of surging gang (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - August 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
The mental health consequences of Hurricane Matthew on Haitian children and youth: an exploratory study - Dass-Brailsford P, Thomley RSH, Jain D, Jarrett ES.
Haiti has experienced many major natural disasters in the past decade that included Hurricane Matthew which led to mass damage to property, a depletion of basic resources, human fatalities and injuries, and mental health consequences that affected the poor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
‘Aid Organizations Must Include the Youth Voice’ August 12, 2022—International Youth Day
By Yasmine Sherif and H.D. WrightNEW YORK, Aug 12 2022 (IPS) Today marks International Youth Day, 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.
Yasmine SherifSince 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...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yasmine Sherif and H.D. Wright Tags: Armed Conflicts Civil Society Education Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Youth Thought Leaders IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
