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UN launches ‘Only Together’ campaign to support global vaccine equity call
The initiative underscores the need for global solidarity to ensure vaccines are accessible in all countries, initially targeting healthcare workers and the…
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COVID disrupts contraception services, leads to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies, says UNFPA
According to?new estimates?from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and Avenir Health, this…
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Regression on ‘virtually every indicator’ of progress for children: UNICEF
“The number of children who are hungry, isolated, abused, anxious, living in…
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‘COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate, but societies do’, say women frontliners
Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director of Women in Global Health, and two…
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‘They all died on the same day’: a Benin doctor on her fight against COVID-19
A doctor in Benin has been telling the UN about the challenging…
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Untreated hearing loss threatens nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide – WHO
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day…
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Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners
Speaking after Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Colombia received their first round of…
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‘We sink or we swim together’: 5 things you need to know about COVAX
1) What is COVAX? COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) is the vaccines…
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COVID-19 cases rise for first time in seven weeks: WHO
Four of the agency’s six regions reported a rise in numbers, with…
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UN’s nuclear watchdog agency will not be ‘bargaining chip’ in Iran nuclear deal
After speaking to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors,…
