Global IssuesNews headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 63
In Sri Lanka, Things Fall Apart
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, May 04 (IPS) - When I ended last month’s column hoping that April would not prove to be hapless Sri Lanka’s ‘cruellest month’ (in the words TS Eliot), I hardly anticipated the current turn of events.
Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, May 03 (IPS) - Before the pandemic emerged in 2020, health services in many Pacific Island countries were under-resourced, under-funded and under-staffed. Now following recent outbreaks of COVID-19, advancing the capacity and development of health and medical services in vulnerable nations, such as Tonga and Kiribati, is increasingly urgent.
Lebanon's Food Crisis Will Get Worse
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Apr 27 (IPS) - Lebanon is perpetually at a crossroads, one where local, regional, and international interests seem to play against each other—all the more so today with the war in Ukraine.
Afghan Moms Receive a Fresh Start in the United States
- Inter Press Service
TEANECK, New Jersey, Apr 26 (IPS) - It was a long, harrowing road for Freshta and Shabaneh, two mothers (their names are pseudonyms) who fled Kabul, Afghanistan, late last summer before eventually settling in the southern New Jersey township of Hamilton.
Transgender Ukrainian Refugees Impacted as War with Russia Continues
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Apr 25 (IPS) - Soon after Russia invaded her country, Anastasiia Yeva Domani found herself forced to abandon the regime of vital medicines she was taking.
Rising Food Prices: Global Risks & Vulnerabilities
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 25 (IPS) - The breakout of the conflict in Ukraine and the following imposition of heavy Western sanctions on Russia are causing sharp price increases in food and energy commodities —of which both Ukraine and Russia represent key exporters — as well as disruptions to global supply chains, impacting the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Private Sector has a Pivotal Role in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Low & Middle Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) - With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets-- and with even more financial volatility following the COVID-19 pandemic-- government budgets have been stretched thin. Underfunding in healthcare versus competing priorities has led to heavily burdened systems in emerging markets that are often struggling to keep up with increasing demands.
Private Sector has a Pivotal Role in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Low & Middle Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) - With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets-- and with even more financial volatility following the COVID-19 pandemic-- government budgets have been stretched thin. Underfunding in healthcare versus competing priorities has led to heavily burdened systems in emerging markets that are often struggling to keep up with increasing demands.
Road to European Dream Paved by Extortion and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 21 (IPS) - Last June, Mit Al Korama's youth gathered in front of one of their homes on a summer evening to tell stories of citizens from the village and neighboring villages who had successfully crossed the Mediterranean to Europe.
Addressing Gender-Related Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccinations to Ensure Vaccinations for All
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 20 (IPS) - As a global pandemic, COVID-19 and its continued impacts are unprecedented. Yet many of the challenges that emerged in public health responses to COVID-19 not only had precedence, but were predictable.
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