Proven Vector Control Interventions Needed to Stem Malaria Infections in Africa
Rwanda is using drone technology as an effective and innovative way of eradicating malaria in breeding sites. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPSBy Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Feb 8 2024 (IPS) Experts recommend that the current prevention of malaria in highly endemic countries in Africa should integrate “locally appropriate” control measures to cope with the highest burden of mosquito-borne disease on the continent.
The latest 2023 World Malaria Report shows that the life-threatening disease remains a significant public health challenge, with both malaria incidence and mortality higher now than they were before the start...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aimable Twahirwa Tags: Africa Climate Action Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Malaria Source Type: news
Is Anti-Woke a Grass-Root Movement?
Woke, adjective; woker, wokest. Chiefly US slang – Being aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice). Disapproving: politically liberal or progressive (as in matters of racial and social justice) especially in a way that is considered unreasonable or extreme. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Active Citizens Climate Change Crime & Justice Gender Global Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Embodying the Spirit of the Dragon
By Siddharth ChatterjeeBEIJING, Feb 8 2024 (IPS) The Year of the Dragon is upon us.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for this Lunar New Year, “The dragon symbolizes energy, wisdom, protection and good luck. We need these qualities to rise to today’s global challenges.”
Indeed, we do. Just consider some of the challenges from the past year.
The persistent drag of COVID-19.
Sluggish economies.
The hottest year on record.
Climate disasters, one after the other.
A rising tide of fake news, fake images, and hate speech.
Risks posed by the malicious use of AI, which grows in sophistication by t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Siddharth Chatterjee Tags: Armed Conflicts Asia-Pacific Climate Change Economy & Trade Education Energy Environment Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health Peace Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Nikki Haley rips GOP " chaos " after losing Nevada primary
After losing the Nevada Republican primary, despite front-runner and former President Donald Trump not being listed on the ballot, ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed the Republican Party as chaotic. While she was the only serious candidate on the ticket, Haley finished in second…#nevada #donaldtrump #exunitednations #nikkihaley #republicanparty #southcarolina #republicans #haley #ronnamcdaniel #rnc (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Russian ambassador claims US was " involved " in strike on bakery
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday claimed the United States is at least partially responsible for a recent strike on a bakery in a Russian-occupied city in Donbas that resulted in the deaths of over two dozen people. During a meeting of the U.N. Security Council that was…#unitednations #russian #donbas #unsecuritycouncil #vassilynebenzia #moscow #nebenzia #usstatedepartment #kremlin #lysychansk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting in Asia Remain a Neglected Problem
Women’s rights organizations in Asia are calling for states to introduce much-needed laws to criminalize FGM, says Nawaz Naz Chowdhury, Global Legal Advisor at Equality Now.By Nawmi Naz ChowdhuryKUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, Feb 6 2024 (IPS) Significant advances have been made in Africa towards ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Asia, where FGM/C occurs in at least ten countries, but governments across the region are failing to take effective action. Women’s rights organizations are calling for states to introduce much-needed laws to criminalize FGM, provide national...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nawmi Naz Chowdhury Tags: Asia-Pacific Education Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Moimuna Nursing Institute Ushers Hope for Vulnerable Rural Girls in Bangladesh
After passing her secondary school certificate (SCC) in 2019, Sweety Akter went door-to-door to collect money to enroll in a college, but she wasn’t successful. Born to an extremely poor family in Fultala village under Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon district, Akter saw her dream of studying fading as she was unable to enroll in a […] (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rafiqul Islam Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Youth Bangladesh IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau R Source Type: news
Why NASA ’ s New Climate Satellite is Studying Clouds and Phytoplankton
If you’re trying to spot a phytoplankton, it pays to get exceedingly close. Among the smallest life forms inhabiting both fresh and marine water, phytoplankton can measure as little as one micrometer—or one millionth of a meter. But little things can have a big impact. Blooms of phytoplankton, which are actually a form of microalgae, can spread hundreds of square miles, sometimes doing disastrous damage to fisheries, beaches, drinking water supplies, and entire aquatic ecosystems. To track so sprawling a scourge, you want to stand at a distance—675 km (420 mi.) worth of distance. That’s the altitude...
Source: TIME: Science - February 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
No progress on global emissions 8 years after Paris climate agreement
Eight years after the Paris climate agreement, where do we stand on global emissions? The title of a new United Nations Environment Programme report sums the situation up: Broken Record: Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again). The Paris Agreement aims to hold the…#parisagreement #unitednations #dubai #unitedarabemirates #science #pacificocean #elniño #globalstocktake #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russia Calls Urgent UN Security Council Meeting To Condemn'Illegal' US Strikes
Russia Calls Urgent UN Security Council Meeting To Condemn 'Illegal' US Strikes Russia has condemned the Friday night large-scale US strikes on Syria and Iraq, saying it was an illegal 'aggression' and that an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting must be convened to address it. Russian…#usstrikes #syria #iraq #russian #mariazakharova #middleeast #afp #tass #unsecuritycouncil #moscow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Has genocide been happening in either Israel or Gaza? On both, Americans are split
A hearing earlier this month at the top United Nations court — the International Court of Justice in The Hague — sought to determine whether Israel is acting with “genocidal intent” in Gaza. South Africa brought the case against Israel, with representatives from South Africa arguing that the words…#unitednations #hague #israel #gaza #southafrica #israeli #palestinians #jewish #yougov #arabs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Couples motivational interviewing with mobile breathalysers to reduce alcohol use in South Africa: a pilot randomised controlled trial of Masibambisane - Msimango L, Butterfield R, Starks TJ, Van Heerden A, Neilands TB, Hahn JA, Chibi B, Humphries H, Conroy AA.
INTRODUCTION: Heavy alcohol use among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa can hinder the success of HIV treatment programmes, impacting progress towards United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS goals. Primary partners can provide critical forms of soc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Haley campaign started election year with $14 million, after raising $17 million last quarter
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during her New Hampshire presidential primary election night rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's campaign for president raised over $17…#unitednations #nikkihaley #newhampshire #concord #southcarolina #donaldtrump #arealclearpolitics #teamstandforamerica #haley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Live updates | South Africa alleges Israel is ignoring court ruling as more are killed in north Gaza
South Africa’s foreign minister says Israel is ignoring the ruling by the United Nations’ top court last week — which ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death — by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Discrimination, a Killer of Dreams for People Affected by Leprosy
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Yohei Sasakawa. Credit: Sasakawa Leprosy InitiativeBy Busani BafanaGENEVA, Jan 31 2024 (IPS) Tuji Sode detached himself from his family and hid himself from the public, embarrassed by his condition, which in biblical times meant exclusion from society and even death.
Sode, a university student in Ethiopia, has Hansen’s Disease, also commonly known as leprosy. Leprosy is a bacterial disease that, left untreated, can cause severe disability and deformity.
Sode recalls the severe discrimination because of his leprosy. He d...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 31, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Active Citizens Aid Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
