Population census enters the digital age in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan– For ten days in the spring, 24,000 enumerators spread out across this Central Asian country of 7 million to finally conduct the nationalpo (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
State weakness and support for ethnic violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan - Ash K.
This study proposes individuals who feel insecure due to state weakness are more likely to support interethnic violence conditional on exposure to chauvinist messaging. Support for interethnic viole... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
The ongoing fight against child marriage and ‘bride kidnapping’ in Kyrgyzstan
Although child marriage and “bride kidnapping” are illegal in Kyrgyzstan, both practices still exist in parts of the country. An initiative from a UN-backed programme is finally leading to a change in attitudes, and a decline in these harmful practices. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Global Road Safety Crisis: Three Questions to Ask to Help Solve It
School children crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing in Kyrgyzstan.
Credit: Victor Lacken - UNRSF.By Nneka HenryGENEVA, Feb 17 2022 (IPS) When we think about global crises, road safety isn’t one that comes to mind. The reality is that unsafe roads is a health crisis gone rogue.
Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death from people between the ages of 5-29. And, with an estimated 1.35 million fatalities and 50 million non-fatal injuries every year, unsafe vehicles and roads affect everyone and impact several areas of development – including environmental sustainability. ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nneka Henry Tags: Headlines Health Source Type: news
Kidnapped, raped and wed against their will: Kyrgyz women ’s fight against a brutal tradition
At least 12,000 women are still abducted and forced into marriage every year in Kyrgyzstan. But pressure is growing to finally end the medieval customAisuluu was returning home after spending the afternoon with her aunt in the village of At-Bashy, not far from the Torugart crossing into China. “It was 5 o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday. I had a paper bag full ofsamsa [a dough dumpling stuffed with lamb, parsley and onion]. My aunt always prepared them on weekends, ” she said.“A car with four men inside comes in the opposite direction to mine. And all of a sudden it … turns around and, within a few seconds, co...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 30, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Mauro Mondello Tags: Sexual violence Kyrgyzstan South and Central Asia World news Rape and sexual assault Human rights Global development Law Society Women Life and style Space Science Satellites Source Type: news
Angry protests have broken out in Kyrgyzstan after a woman was abducted and killed in a case of "bride kidnapping".The illegal abduction...
Protests break out in Kyrgyzstan after a woman abducted for marriage is found dead. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: Images of destruction after border clashes
At least 46 people were killed while homes, schools and checkpoints were destroyed in the dispute. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kyrgyzstan and neighbouring Tajikistan have agreed to withdraw troops from their borders after fresh fighting that left about 40 people...
The shooting broke out when Tajik officials tried to mount surveillance cameras to monitor the water supply facility (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kyrgyz Minister Promotes Herbal COVID Cure; Expert Says It's Poisonous Kyrgyz Minister Promotes Herbal COVID Cure; Expert Says It's Poisonous
Kyrgyzstan will use an herbal tonic to treat COVID-19, its health minister said after the nation ' s president praised the remedy — despite warnings from a medical expert that it contained a potentially lethal poison.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Understanding peace and restraint amidst ethnic violence: evidence from Kenya and Kyrgyzstan - Jenkins S.
The recent local turn in peace and conflict research has revealed significant sub-national variations in the onset, intensity, and duration of violence in conflict settings, and uncovered complex patterns of participation and nonparticipation at the indivi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
FROM THE FIELD: Weathering a tourist downturn in Kyrgyzstan
The residents of a small traditional village high in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, which once attracted a steady stream of visitors, are learning how to adapt to the reality of a world where the COVID-19 pandemic has all but frozen out the opportunities provided by tourism. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - January 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Can Agroecology Feed the World?
Credit: KMP in the Philippines, supported by the Agroecology FundBy Elena L. PasquiniROME, Oct 23 2020 (IPS) Producing food and ensuring nutrition security, protecting the environment and restoring biodiversity, building sustainable and fair food systems: That’s the promise of agroecology.
It is a dream? Or an economically feasible model that can feed a growing world population, expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, reaching 9.7 billion in 2050?
“Some people have been saying: Maybe it is more sustainable or it’s more resilient, but it’s not as productive and not as economically viable. T...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elena Pasquini Tags: Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Food & Agriculture Food Sustainability Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Kyrgyzstan's President Resigns Amid Turmoil Following Disputed Election
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kyrgyzstan ’s political crisis and power vacuum, explained
The Central Asian country faces its greatest political turmoil in a decade. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Protesters over ‘rigged’ election break into government headquarters in Kyrgyzstan capital
Demonstrators in Kyrgyzstan have broken into the White House – the seat of presidential and parliamentary power – in the capital... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
