A well-trained workforce is essential for reaching universal health coverage. WHO supports training across the globe and across the professional spectrum. This week we visit Samoa, where emergency...
Ethiopia + 7 more
Ethiopia + 7 more
A well-trained workforce is essential for reaching universal health coverage. WHO supports training across the globe and across the professional spectrum. This week we visit Samoa, where emergency...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2021, UNHCR’s Refugee Zakat Fund distribution activities impacted the lives of more than 1.2 million beneficiaries in 14 countries, thanks to generous Zakat and Sadaqah donations...
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COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 44 countries, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia and two in Latin America and the Caribbean, are in need of external...
Nigeria + 33 more
Polio this week as of 10 November 2021 Tajikistan has responded with full commitment and with the dedicated support of Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners to stop this outbreak,” said Dr...
Nigeria + 33 more
The newly launched PIM Identification tool is a digital version of the PIM Guidance – 2nd edition allowing facilities worldwide to efficiently assess if the samples stored or handled are considered...
Pakistan + 34 more
On 25 October, the GPEI marked World Polio Day with this year’s theme being “Delivering on a promise”. Several online events were held to mark the day including a discussion on ‘Role of Women in...
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FOREWORD Inspired by the more than 1,250 voluntary commitments made to address the unfinished business of the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development,...
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This week, the GPEI got the greenlight to resume house-to-house vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan which had been halted for over three years. Starting November 8, the campaigns will target over...
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Polio this week as of 13 October 2021 In Ukraine, one case of polio caused by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2), has been confirmed. A cVDPV2 was isolated from a 17-month old...
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“Afghanistan is one of two countries in the world where polio remains endemic. With only one case of wild poliovirus reported so far this year, compared to 56 in 2020, there has never been a better...
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COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 44 countries, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia and two in Latin America and the Caribbean, are in need of external...
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48th session of the Human Rights Council Item 2: global update by the High Commissioner Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 13 September 2021 Distinguished...
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“We re-affirm our commitment to eradicate polio… We note the critical role that adaptable surveillance capacity, like that found in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, has in the ability to...
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Polio this week as of 02 September 2021 Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives): Pakistan: one WPV1 positive environmental sample Ethiopia: two cVDPV2 cases...
Indonesia + 68 more
Building off of last week’s announcement of additional actions that we are taking to stop the spread of the Delta variant and get more people vaccinated in the United States, President Biden will...
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Mixed migration and cities: MMC launches the Mixed Migration Review 2020 18 November 2020 | By Mixed Migration Centre In the 2020 edition of its annual flagship publication, the Mixed Migration...
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The United States is leading the global response to COVID-19 with foreign assistance funding. The U.S. Government (USG) has allocated $20.5 billion for the development of vaccines and therapeutics,...
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Highlights UNICEF continues to scale-up and deliver across sectors to address the needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, UNICEF has reached 2.6 billion people on COVID- 19 messaging on...
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New foreign assistance funding commitments continue to bolster the unparalleled global leadership of the United States in response to COVID-19. The U.S. Government (USG) has allocated $20.5 billion...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for forcibly displaced persons and the humanitarian organizations working to support them. With restrictions on movement and limited access to refugees,...