Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Social Protection is a human right. Yet, according to the ILO, 4 billion people worldwide live without the peace of mind and security that it offers. The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted glaring inequalities and deficiencies...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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Despite constituting almost half of the qualified health workforce in India, female health workers face a...
Thursday, March 11, 2021
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As part of recent COVID-19-related legislation, the US Government has committed to provide a quasi-universal...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
BLOG: In parts of the tropics, exposure to extreme temperature or rainfall in early life is associated with fewer years of schooling in later childhood. As climate change leads to increasingly severe heat waves, floods, droughts, and hurricanes, it is...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
“Health is a human right, and I am pleased with the efforts to achieve health for all, including for migrants,” said the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following his visit to Colombia with the...
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during an event to launch the Day, the WHO chief said that all people deserve access to health services, “when and where they need them, without financial hardship.” However, half the...
Thursday, February 1, 2018
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China lifted 12.89 million rural people out of poverty in 2017 as it progresses towards its target of eradicating poverty, official data showed Thursday.
There were still 30.46 million rural people living below the national...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
A British born Jamaican and now Senegalese entrepreneur Saadiya Sy has recently initiated a project called Attaya Attire. The project is expected to create an environment where economic growth and poverty reduction will be promoted through...
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Ghanaians Against Child Abuse (GACA), an initiative by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and its partners to guard against child abuse and strengthen child protection systems in the country, has placed a spotlight on activities of...
Saturday, January 27, 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for renewed commitment to eliminate undernutrition and hunger in Africa.
FAO’s 2017 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the world indicated that civil conflicts and...