WHO calls for protection of humanitarian space in Gaza following serious incidents in high-risk ...
12 December 2023 – Cairo, Geneva, Jerusalem, WHO reiterates its call for the protection of health care and humanitarian assistance in Gaza, following military checkpoint delays and detention of health partners during a mission to transfer critically-ill patients and deliver supplies to a hospital in northern Gaza. During the mission, a patient reportedly died.
On 9 December 2023, a WHO team, in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and with support from the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS)...
Source: WHO EMRO News - December 12, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Rise of the Global South Highlights Minamata Convention on Mercury COP5
In 2013, a new treaty, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, was adopted by a global community under the auspices of UNEP. The Convention is named after Minamata Bay in Japan to remember the lessons of the tragic health damage by industrial mercury pollution in the 1950s and 1960s. The aim of the treaty is to protect the environment and the human health from anthropogenic emissions and releases of the toxic heavy metal. It regulates the entire life cycle of mercury – its supply, trade, use, emissions, releases, storage, and the management of waste and contaminated sites.By Charlie BrownWASHINGTON, Dec 12 2023 (IPS) As it s...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlie Brown Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Environment Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis
The United Nations is targeting fewer people and seeking less money in its 2024 global humanitarian appeal launched on Monday as it grapples with a severe funding crisis. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the launch that the U.N. has cut its appeal to $46 billion, to help 180 million…#unitednations #martingriffiths #israel #gaza #ukraine #sudan #yemen #syria #worldfoodprogram #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to detox coal country
This story is part of a Vox series examining how the climate crisis is impacting communities around the world, as the 28th annual United Nations conference on climate change (COP28) unfolds. The most striking thing about the water tumbling out of the ground behind a small cluster of houses in…#vox #unitednations #ohio #nt #truetowndischarge #westvirginia #ruralaction #ohiouniversity #truepigments #llc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As COP28 nears its end, no agreement in sight to end fossil fuels
A draft released Monday of the final report from the United Nations COP28 climate talks in Dubai does not include a call to phase out the use of fossil fuels, angering many climate advocates and leaders from low-lying island nations that are most vulnerable to sea-level rise. "COP28 is now on the…#unitednations #dubai #algore #opec #sultanaljaber #aljaber #cop #unitedarabemirates #uae #2050 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. has failed the Palestinian people, officials say after vetoed UN vote for Gaza Strip cease-fire
Palestinian officials expressed resounding disappointment after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. "It was the U.S. who failed the Palestinians," Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Husam Zomlot told CNBC's Dan…#palestinian #unitednations #gaza #palestinians #danmurphy #dohaforum #qatar #unsecuritycouncil #securitycouncil #unitedkingdom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 things you need to know today: December 11, 2023
1. UN warns that Gaza refugees could be forced into Egypt United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Sunday that conditions for Palestinian civilians displaced by fighting between Israel and Hamas are getting so bad that tens of thousands could soon be forced over the border into…#gaza #egypt #unitednations #antónioguterres #palestinian #israel #hamas #israeli #palestinians #volodymyrzelenskyy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Arab OPEC ministers gather in Doha as COP28 fossil fuel talks continue
OPEC's Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais talks to youth during the "Special Day – OPEC and the youth" event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Valerie Volcovici Acquire Licensing Rights DOHA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - OPEC's…#opec #haithamalghais #specialday #dubai #unitedarabemirates #valerievolcovici #arab #doha #arabenergyconference #iraq (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Business booms on the sidelines of COP28
[1/2] United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber looks on during a press conference at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani//File Photo…#arab #sultanahmedaljaber #dubai #unitedarabemirates #dpworld #cleanair #saudiarabia #taiwan #cop #willtyler (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whistleblower Doctor Who Exposed China ’ s Rural AIDS Epidemic Dies at 95
Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States.
Gao’s outspokenness about the virus outbreak — which some gauged to have infected tens of thousands — embarrassed the Chinese government and drove her to live in self-exile for over a decade in Manhattan, New York.
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Columbia University professor Andrew J. Nathan, an expert in Chinese politics who had Gao’s legal power of attorney and managed some of her affairs, confirmed her d...
Source: TIME: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simina Mistreanu / AP Tags: Uncategorized China Source Type: news
U.S. Misuses Trade Agreements to Undermine Food Sovereignty
This article summarizes the author’s presentation November 30, 2023 at the International Conference on Food Self-Sufficiency and Agroecology held in Oaxaca City, Mexico.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Timothy A. Wise Tags: Economy & Trade Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Promoting mental health and preventing mental health problems in child and adolescent refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review on psychosocial interventions - Della Rocca B, Bello R, Carbone M, Pezzella P, Toni C, Sampogna G, Tarsitani L, Luciano M, Fiorillo A.
BACKGROUND: According to the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), children and adolescents represent 41% of all forcibly displaced individuals. They have to deal with conflicts, violence, and the many difficulties of flight and resettlement du... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It ’s irked some other nations at COP28
The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries argue that the tax will harm livelihoods and economic growth.#europeanunions #unitednations #dubai (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C -IEA
U.N. security officer walks near the flags at Dubai's Expo City during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Acquire Licensing Rights DUBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A raft of new pledges announced at the COP28…#dubai #expocity #unitedarabemirates #thaieralsudani #iea #15c #parisagreement (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN chief urges leaders at COP28 to agree on deep cuts to emissions
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the United Nations before a meeting about the conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs//File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights DOHA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - United Nations…#unitednations #antonioguterres #gaza #newyorkcity #fahrenheit #guterres (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
