Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children…
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‘Early stages’ of COVID third wave, amid Delta surge: WHO chief
The variant’s spread, along with increased social mobility and the inconsistent use of proven public health…
‘Tear down inequalities’ to end COVID pandemic: UNAIDS
A new report issued on Wednesday by the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS shows…
Coup, COVID fuelling ‘perfect storm’ in Myanmar, UN expert warns
Surging COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads, a collapsed health system, and “deep mistrust”…
News in Brief 13 July 2021
Tigray aid convoy access call @WFP @WHO WHO chief Tedros in new COVID-19 vaccination appeal…
Countries urged to reopen classrooms, assess pandemic-related learning loss
Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch…
Traffickers have taken advantage of COVID crisis, new UN study shows
A new study from the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the impact…
News in Brief 12 July 2021
Conflict, climate change and coronavirus behind skyrocketing hunger Schools still shuttered in 19 countries due…
‘Tremendously off track’ to meet 2030 SDGs: UN chief
Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020 – some 161 million more…
COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as Delta variant rips around the world shows ‘disappointing inequality’: WHO
The COVID-19 Delta variant is travelling around the world at a “scorching pace” driving a…
UN reports ‘leap forward’ in regulating DNA-altering technology to benefit all
Releasing two companion reports on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human genome…
Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger
Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around…
‘We are with you’: The South African care centres providing hope for survivors of sexual violence
In South Africa, a sexual offence is committed every ten minutes, and the number is rising, according…
Ensure reproductive health rights for all on World Population Day: UN chief
Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN…
PODCAST: Somali refugee farmers put down new roots in rural US
Refugee farmers who grew up cultivating crops in Somalia have returned to the land, albeit…
News in Brief 9 July 2021
A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of aid: UNICEF Creation of Israeli settlements…
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and Myocarditis: benefits outweigh the risks, says WHO committee
After receiving reports of heart inflammation cases due to myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination with…
A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million – are…
UN chief urges G20 finance chiefs to support global COVID vaccine plan, climate finance
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s largest economies to spearhead a global…
News in Brief 8 July 2021
Time is running out for countries at the front line of the climate crisis UNICEF to…
Child mental health crisis ‘magnified’ by COVID, warns UN chief
Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year,…
New UN report reveals impact of COVID on human trafficking
A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the…
COVID death toll passes 4 million: Global Vaccine Plan essential, declares Guterres
The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million late on Wednesday, marking…
News in Brief 7 July 2021
COVID variants ‘winning the race against vaccines’: WHO chief UN Myanmar expert calls for ‘emergency…
COVID variants ‘winning the race against vaccines’ warns WHO chief
Variants like Delta are “currently winning the race against vaccines” said the World Health Organization (WHO)…
News in Brief 6 July 2021
Displacement crisis driving up hunger in northern Mozambique: WFP OHCHR voices ‘deep concern’ over protesters’ deaths…
Myanmar: From political crisis, to ‘multi-dimensional human rights catastrophe’ – Bachelet
What began as a coup by the Myanmar military has ‘rapidly morphed’ into an all-out…
Equitable distribution of vaccines, equipment only way out of pandemic: WHO chief
Equitable distribution of equipment and medicines to fight COVID-19 is the only way out of…
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OHCHR voices deep concern over reported deaths of protesters in Kingdom of Eswatini
The eruption of violence in the Kingdom of Eswatini in recent days is “deeply concerning”,…
Belarus: ‘Full-scale assault’ ongoing against civil society amid massive human rights violations
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert…
News in Brief 2 July 2021
WFP resumes effort to reach 2 million in Tigray with emergency aid Top Guatemala judges…
Landmark gender equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026
With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the…
COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 98 countries, continues to evolve and mutate, warns WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged leaders to push back…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Climate change scare for business, COVID’s $2.4 trillion tourism hit and Tigray alert
In this week’s show, the worrying rise of internet blackouts to stifle dissent and why…
News in Brief 1 July 2021
Internet shutdowns by repressive governments now ‘entrenched’ Malaria tops health threats facing world’s most vulnerable:…
Billions risk being without access to water and sanitation services by 2030
Without an urgent injection of cash, billions globally risk still being without lifesaving access to safe drinking water, sanitation…
Social protection ‘lifeline’ during COVID, depends on where you live
Although the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the roll-out of an “unprecedented number” of new and…
Delta variant drives Africa COVID threat to ‘whole new level´: WHO warns; ‘dominant’ in Europe by August
With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has…
Internet shutdowns now ‘entrenched’ in certain regions, rights council hears
The practice of shutting down internet and mobile phone access to stifle dissent has become…
News in Brief 30 June 2021
Rights expert calls for global ‘pandemic protection fund’ Tourism braces for $2.4 trillion hit to…
Women’s leadership key to reach gender equality, recover progress lost to COVID: top WHO official
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards gender equality and put women in a dire…
Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares
In a bid to put gender equality at the heart of COVID recovery, UN Women…
Urgent action needed to end ‘inhumane conditions’ facing Haiti prisoners: UN rights chief
Extreme overcrowding and lack of access to food, water and health, are among the ‘inhumane…
COVID-19 impact on tourism could deal $4 trillion blow to global economy: UN report
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4…
Generation Equality: Alongside COVID lies an ‘equally horrific pandemic’ threatening women
As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, “a parallel and equally horrific pandemic” has threatened…
News in Brief 29 June 2021
Pressure-cooker heatwave danger in Canada, UN northwest: WMO Mali alert: rampant impunity for human rights…
Malian authorities urged to ‘break the cycle of impunity’ for human rights violations
Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection…
News in Brief 28 June 2021
UN rights office highlights policing reforms to address systemic racism Abuse of rights activists in China remains…
Despite advances, terrorist threats continues to persist and diversify
Although the fight against terrorism has made important advances in thwarting attacks across the world,…
UN rights office highlights policing reforms to address systemic racism
Radical policing reforms are needed to address systemic racism affecting people of African descent around the…