Transforming Africa ’s Food Systems: Challenges & Opportunities
Ibrahim Mayaki, the Africa Union Special Envoy for Food Systems, previously served as the CEO of the AU Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). Ahead of the UN Food System Stocktaking Moment scheduled to take place in Rome on 24 - 26 July 2023, Africa Renewal's Kingsley Ighobor interviewed Dr. Mayaki. They discussed various issues regarding the state of Africa's food systems and the opportunities and challenges involved in feeding a rapidly growing population. Credit Africa Renewal, United Nations.   Below are excerpts from their insightful conversation:By Kingsley IghoborUNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 2023 (IPS)   Q: As the ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kingsley Ighobor Tags: Africa Featured Food and Agriculture Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Lawmakers ’ Vital Roles in Ensuring Dignity for Aging Populations
Dr Rintaro Mori, Regional Adviser, Population Ageing and Sustainable Development at UNFPA, told the conference it was crucial to invest to improve social security, health, and well-being. Credit: APDA By Cecilia RussellBANGKOK & JOHANNESBURG, Jul 19 2023 (IPS) Countries with falling population growth face twin dilemmas: Ensuring their aging population live healthy and fulfilling lives and removing barriers to parenthood. This was the focus of a recent workshop in Thailand reviewing the ICPD30 process and preparation for the Summit for the Future slated for next year (2024). The workshop was opened by Professor Keizo Takemi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cecilia Russell Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Population Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report United Nati Source Type: news

Climate Justice – Is Litigation a Good Way Forward?
Discussion on “loss and damage” was revived in COP27 in reaction to the failure of developed countries to fulfil their pledge to climate financing to help vulnerable states with climate actions. While there is currently no clear definition for “loss and damage”, the term essentially refers to the much-contested obligations of countries that have historically benefited from fossil fuel investment to pay for the residual consequences and permanent damage caused by climate change to nature and human societies, predominantly in the developing countries. Loss and damage encompass both economic and non-economic losses. ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kwan Soo-Chen and David McCoy Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Environment Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Improving Healthcare for All
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah NoorKUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Jul 19 2023 (IPS) In 2015, almost all heads of government in the world committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including universal health coverage (UHC). This was consistent with the World Health Organization’s commitment to Health for All. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed most countries’ under-investment in public healthcare provisioning and other weaknesses. Clearly, health system reforms and appropriate financing are needed to improve populations’ wellbeing. Jomo Kwame SundaramInstead of helping, more profit-seeking inves...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Headlines Health Inequality Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Marginalising Key Populations Impacting Efforts to End HIV/AIDS Epidemic
A transgender person participates in health services provided by the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 2019. Credit: UNAIDSBy Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Jul 14 2023 (IPS) A report released this week has highlighted how continuing criminalisation and marginalisation of key populations are stymying efforts to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. The report from UNAIDS, entitled ‘The Path that Ends AIDS’, says that ending AIDS is a political and financial choice, and that in countries where HIV responses have been backed up by strong policies and leadership on the issue, “extraordinary results�...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Russia Uganda UNAIDS Source Type: news

BlueAlly Expands Portfolio With Acquisition of B2B Technologies
BlueAlly Technology Solutions has announced the acquisition of B2B Technologies, bringing together two industry players in the cloud and digital services sector. BlueAlly is reinventing the value-added reseller (VAR) model, and it said in a Monday (July 10) press release that B2B Technologies’…#b2btechnologies #var #cloudpartner #blueally #microsoftazure #davidcoulter #frankfuerst #dondiblack #tsys #pymnts
Source: Reuters: Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Re-thinking Disability Inclusion for the SDGs
Persons with disabilities have been disproportionately affected by the events of recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: UNDP HondurasBy Ulrika Modéer and Jose VieraNEW YORK, Jul 10 2023 (IPS) This year marks halfway towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious agenda which set out to transform our world. We have always known that the goals cannot be realized without the inclusion of persons with disabilities. From poverty to inequality, climate to health the promise to leave no-one behind is the bedrock of the SDG call to action. Unfortunately, the midway indicators should give us all c...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ulrika Modeer and Jose Viera Tags: COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Vaccination Is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs — Experts
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Jul 6 2023 (IPS) The first thing you notice about eight-month-old Manahil Zeeshan is how tiny she looks on the adult-size hospital bed at the government-run Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) in Korangi, a neighbourhood in Karachi. Her right foot is taped with a cannula, and she whimpers incessantly. “I have been in and out of the hospital for the last seven days,” said Uzma Mohammad, Zeeshan’s mom, with worry lines...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Africa Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequality Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news

Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
Cecilia Menjivar, a tortilla maker in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, takes a break from cooking corn in a pot that is one meter high and 50 centimeters in diameter, heated by a wood stove. Many women in urban and rural areas run these small businesses, aware of the damage to their health caused by the smoke, but the economic situation forces them to use firewood, which is much cheaper than liquefied gas. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala / IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador , Jul 4 2023 (IPS) Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Energy Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categori Source Type: news

Quest for Safe Water in One of India ’s Most Isolated Villages
Simita Devi, whose daughter spent days in hospital recently suffering from typhoid caused by contaminated water, collects clean water brought to the surface by a solar pump. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPSBy Umar Manzoor ShahChampad, India, Jul 4 2023 (IPS) Simita Devi spent over ten days in a government-run hospital a year ago anxiously watching her critically ill nine-year-old daughter, Gudiya, who was diagnosed with typhoid. Gudiya was so sick she even went into a coma for a day. Medical staff attending to the child said she contracted the disease from drinking contaminated water. After being discharged, Devi’s main wo...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Umar Manzoor Shah Tags: Asia-Pacific Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations India IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

Tuberculosis: A Disease of the Poor Begs For Rich Funding
A public awareness banner about tuberculosis on a fence in the Hope Fountain area, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Jul 3 2023 (IPS) The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get a political commitment for increased funding for programmes and research to end an old disease that today kills more people than AIDS and COVID. TB, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, kills 1.5 million people annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite being curable at a relatively low cost, TB has remained a h...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Africa Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequality Innovation Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report World Health Organisation (W Source Type: news

Inequitable Distribution of COVID Vaccines Tied to Power and Money
This report was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Global Health Reporting Initiative: Vaccines and Immunization in the Caribbean.         Follow @IPSNewsUNBureau !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');   Caribbean aims to Turn Foul-smelling, Enviro Problem Sargassum Seaweed into High-Value Products Trinidad and Tobago – Protecting ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jewel Fraser Tags: COVID-19 Featured Global Headlines Health Inequality Multimedia Podcast TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
The objective is to share examples, lessons learned and practical guidance for financial services providers, funders and other important sector actors to provide the poor and vulnerable access to financial and non-financial services that support their climate adaptation and resilience. We will convene funders for peer exchange and to jointly develop recommendations as to where public versus private funders may play a more critical role and what financing instruments are most effective in supporting climate adaptation. To achieve our objectives for this work, we rely on our members and partners to engage and share their e...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Silvia Baur-Yazbeck Tags: Climate Action Climate Change Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Rohingya Camps Become Dengue Hotspots in Bangladesh
With the monsoon refugees in the cramped camps in Cox’s Bazar are expected to be impacted by an increase of dengue, which last year accounted for 1,283 cases in the Rohingya camps. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPSBy Rafiqul IslamDHAKA, Jun 27 2023 (IPS) With the monsoon in Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar have emerged as a dengue hotspot, with the mosquito-borne disease continuing to spread among the stateless refugees. “A total of 1,066 dengue cases were reported in highly cramped refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar up to May 23 this year, while the case tally was only 426 among the local community ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rafiqul Islam Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Bangladesh Cox’s Bazaar IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Rohingyha T Source Type: news

Vanderbilt ’ s Decision to Turn Over Trans Patient Records to the State Sparks Backlash
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) confirmed Tuesday that it turned over transgender patients’ medical records to the Tennessee attorney general as part of an investigation into medical billing—a move that stirred controversy and privacy concerns. VUMC offers transgender-related health care for adults and minors in Tennessee and nearby states, where these services are increasingly limited amid polarizing debates and legal clashes over transgender issues across the U.S. Families whose underage children received gender-affirming care at the center felt particularly violated over the record sharing. The...
Source: TIME: Health - June 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anisha Kohli Tags: Uncategorized General Assignment Health Care Source Type: news

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