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  1. WHO Calls for More Data on Violence Against Older Women and Women With Disabilities

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) - Older women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national and global databases, according to findings shared by the World Health Organization (WHO).

  2. The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow - lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common.

  3. Child Malnutrition in Peru Driven Up by Poverty and Food Insecurity

    - Inter Press Service

    LIMA, Mar 27 (IPS) - Quechua farmer Felipa Noamesa, who lives in the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, prepares a cream of fava bean soup for breakfast every morning with bread and vegetable soup with noodles. Her children are grown up, so her priority is that her five-year-old granddaughter does not suffer from anemia or malnutrition, two problems she frequently sees in her community.

  4. Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?

    - Inter Press Service

    NEEMRANA, Rajasthan, India, Mar 20 (IPS) - Developing countries wanting to pursue industrial policy were severely reprimanded by advocates of the ‘neoliberal’ Washington Consensus. Now, it is being deployed as a weapon in the new Cold War.

  5. WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB

    - UN News

    The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention programmes to protect vulnerable populations and achieve key health goals.

  6. Explainer: What is famine?

    - UN News

    Amid growing global concerns over alarming hunger spikes in conflict-affected communities and talk of intensifying levels of food insecurity possibly leading to famine, we looked into how – and when – a famine is classified.

  7. Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How

    - Inter Press Service

    BOSTON, US, Mar 15 (IPS) - I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries share one predominantfear: unemployment. Other worries in these countries and others in the region include unwanted pregnancies, low income and food safety. The diseases that are dreaded the most are cancer and diabetes. Feared infectious diseases include HIV-AIDS, COVID and cholera.

  8. ‘Historic milestone’ as child mortality hits record low of 4.9 million in 2022

    - UN News

    The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone the UN announced on Wednesday with latest estimates revealing the number of children dying prematurely before their fifth birthday fell to 4.9 million in 2022.

  9. International Women’s Day, 2024 - Rural Tajik Woman’s Road to Empowering Women Living with HIV

    - Inter Press Service

    BRATISLAVA, Mar 07 (IPS) - Born and raised in a rural area in a traditional Tajik family, Takhmina Haidarova managed to finish high school with excellent grades and wanted to go to university.

  10. Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge

    - UN News

    Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell their illegal produce, fuelling narcotics consumption globally, a UN-backed report launched on Tuesday showed.

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