Updates

$30 billion available for implementation to address food insecurity over next 15 months WASHINGTON, May 18, 2022—The World Bank today announced actions it plans to take as part of a comprehensive,...

Beirut, May 18, 2022 – A new US$10 million grant will help Lebanon mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the Port of Beirut explosion on neighboring population and support the development...

WHO and partners are working to better understand the extent and cause of an outbreak of monkeypox. The virus is endemic in some animal populations in a number of countries, leading to occasional...

WASHINGTON/BERLIN, 19 May 2022—The Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS), jointly convened by the Group of Seven (G7) Presidency and the World Bank Group to catalyze an immediate and concerted...

Lomé - En collaboration avec l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé au Togo, la Banque mondiale aide le pays à améliorer la qualité de ses soins de santé. Elle a notamment équipé 14 écoles de formation...

Climate change is set to increase pressure significantly on people’s access to water and sanitation unless governments do more to prepare key infrastructure now, the UN warned on Friday. “Climate...

Eleven countries and 44 U.S. states and territories received medical aid from Direct Relief over the past week. Over the past seven days, Direct Relief delivered** 511 shipments of requested medical...

We, the G7 Health Ministers, met in Berlin, Germany, on 19 and 20 May 2022, at an extraordinary time of multiple, acute crises. We affirm our common values as a strong basis of collaboration and...

What are the objectives and key pillars of the G7 Pact? The Pact is a focused action building upon past and current G7 initiatives to strengthen global pandemic readiness. It thematically centers on:...

Chairs’ Summary by Svenja Schulze, Germany’s Minister for Development Cooperation, and Karl Lauterbach, Germany’s Minister for Health, in their capacities as Co-Chairs of the Joint Working Session of...

I first would like to start this meeting by first expressing my sincere gratitude to the government and people of the Arab Republic of Egypt for hosting us graciously again for this second round of...

Countries Move to Protect Domestic Food Security as Global Prices Soar Lena Simet Senior Researcher and Advocate, Poverty and Inequality Sarah Saadoun Senior Researcher, Business and Human Rights The...

The ‘Durban Call to Action’ includes strong commitments on action against child labour while raising concerns that existing progress has slowed and is now threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, armed...

MADRID, May 20 2022 (IPS) - It is often said that a pessimistic person is an optimistic but well-informed person. Here, a good number of people may believe that human wit and inventiveness are...

‘We are on our journey, building bridges of peace’, said World YMCA Secretary-General Carlos Sanvee at the start of a 2-day visit to witness the work of YMCA Romania in supporting refugees fleeing...

Salesian missionaries begin to build new Salesian Technical Secondary School (MissionNewswire) Salesian missionaries have been providing education and social development programs for poor youth and...

Syria remains one of the World Food Programme’s biggest emergencies, and the numbers are staggering. A quarter of all refugees in the world are Syrian and they have sought safety in 130 countries...