Global IssuesNews headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 62
Pakistan's Campaign to Contain Polio in Face of Vaccine Hesitancy
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 12 (IPS) - Pakistan's North Waziristan district authorities have launched an aggressive vaccination drive after a polio case surfaced after 15 polio-free months in the country.
War and Famines - Warnings of Potential Outcomes of the War in Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, May 12 (IPS) - An entirely unnecessary and all too tangible nightmare continues to scourge Ukraine. Without doubt, one catastrophe after another still awaits. Much of Ukraine’s harvest, of paramount importance to global food supply, is at risk of being lost due to Vladimir Putin’s and the Russian army’s belligerent actions. Last year, Ukraine harvested a record of 106 million tonnes of grain – 25, or even 50 percent of this amount is currently feared to be lost during this year while most experts add that “this is an optimistic forecast.”
Projections for a Pandemic Future: in Whose Interest?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 12 (IPS) - The writer is Director, Global Health Justice Program, Society for International Development (SID), and Co-chair Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). In what has been defined a historic consensus decision aimed at protecting the world from future infectious diseases crises, on 1st December 2021, the special session of the World Health Assembly agreed to kickstart a global process to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
Women Leading Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine, Now Include them in Leadership, say UN Women and CARE
- Inter Press Service
New York, May 11 (IPS) - A joint UN Women and CARE report on the gender disparities in the wake of the Ukrainian crisis calls for donors and humanitarian partners to take greater care to promote the voices of women and marginalized communities in the humanitarian effort.
Sri Lanka: Debt Crisis, Neocolonialism and Geopolitical Rivalry
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 11 (IPS) - Sri Lanka is in the throes of an unprecedented economic crisis. Faced with a shortage of foreign exchange and defaulting on its foreign debt repayment, the country is unable to pay for its food, fuel, medicine, and other basic necessities. Notwithstanding the austerities that would be entailed, a bail out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been accepted as the only way out of the dire economic situation.
Today is the Time for Transformation
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 09 (IPS) - “I first think about my children. They are why we were forced to leave - because our children are always our first concern.”
These are the moving words of Victoria, who fled the brutal war in Ukraine with her two daughters. Her eyes welling up with tears, she recalled their dangerous journey from Ukraine. She and her two school-aged daughters were forced to leave behind everything they have ever known.
Civil Society Responds -- as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 06 (IPS) - The writer is UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director and is leading UNAIDS’ humanitarian response.Alongside the devastation caused by bombs and bullets, the war in Ukraine has wrought another danger that can be as deadly as the violence itself: the disruption of access to health services for people who will not survive if cut off from health care.
The Sun Illuminates the Nights of Rural Families in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
TEOTEPEQUE, El Salvador, May 05 (IPS) - After working on the family farm, Carlos Salama comes home and plugs his cell phone into a socket via a solar-powered electrical system, a rarity in this rural village in southern El Salvador.
Ukraine's EU Membership Ambition
- Inter Press Service
KYIV, Ukraine, May 05 (IPS) - Before the war, Ukraine's dream to become part of the EU was exactly that – a dream. But the new political reality could make it come true.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed and to some extent even destroyed the familiar international political reality. Up until 24 February, Russia had been integrated into the global economy, had excellent growth prospects, and the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was almost finished.
Breaking Taboos around Menstruation and Leaving No Girl Behind
- Inter Press Service
Lake Chad, May 04 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Hadiza smiles as she clutches a purple bag in her hands. Inside the cloth bag is a Menstrual Hygiene Management kit, an essential item that gives her dignity and enables her to continue with school even when menstruating.
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