Living Another Year Dangerously
By Anis ChowdhurySYDNEY, Jan 2 2023 (IPS) 2022 has been a year of great uncertainty when it seemed the world perilously reached the brink of self-destruction – be it human-induced climate change or military conflict. Welcoming 2022, we had enough reasons to be optimistic; but it was another ‘year of living dangerously’ – Tahun vivere pericoloso in the words of Soekarno, or an annus horribilis in the words of the late Queen Elizabeth. Anis ChowdhuryNo end to Covid-19 The joy of the COVID vaccine discovery quickly vanished as the ‘vaccine apartheid‘ blatantly prioritised lives in rich nations, especially...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anis Chowdhury Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Economy & Trade Environment Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

War, Famine, Disease, Disasters – 2022 – a Year Staring at Apocalypse
By Farhana Haque RahmanTORONTO, Canada, Dec 23 2022 (IPS) A year that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is ending with famine in Africa, while still spreading death and misery through an enduring pandemic and a deteriorating climate crisis — 2022 has been an apocalyptic warning of the frailty of our planet and the woeful shortcomings of humankind. Farhana Haque RahmanBeyond the stark statistics of millions of people displaced by war and natural disasters, it has been a 12 months that tragically highlighted our global interconnections and how a confluence of events and trends can bring another year of r...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Farhana Haque Rahman Tags: Armed Conflicts Biodiversity Climate Action Climate Change Combating Desertification and Drought COVID-19 Development & Aid Economy & Trade Education Energy Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Source Type: news

Thoughts for 2023: Promoting Innovation & New Technologies
Patients seeking treatment at the Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Credit: World Bank/Dominic Chavez   The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat has called on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy.By A.H. Monjurul KabirNEW YORK, Dec 20 2022 (IPS) Promoting innovation and technology to promote inclusive development means using new technologies to enhance equal access to services, eliminate discrimination, increase transparency, and create a stable and just future for all �...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A.H. Monjurul Kabir Tags: Civil Society COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Universal Health Coverage: Think of Health Workers, not just Health Services
A laboratory technician works at a health and science centre in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a WHO Collaborating Centre for research and training on viral zoonoses. Credit: WHO/P. Phutpheng   Universal Health Coverage Day on 12 December is the annual rallying point for the growing movement for health for all. It marks the anniversary of the United Nations’ historic and unanimous endorsement of universal health coverage in 2012. By Roopa Dhatt, David Bryden and Gill AdynskiWASHINGTON DC/ CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA/ GENEVA, Dec 19 2022 (IPS) Health services don’t deliver themselves. It is the nurse who triages in the e...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Roopa Dhatt - David Bryden - Gill Adynski Tags: Editors' Choice Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Russia ’ s LGBTQI ‘ Propaganda ’ Law Imperils HIV Prevention
Russia’s new law banning any promotion of what is seen as “non-traditional sexual relations” could stigmatise the LGBTQI community and put HIV/AIDS prevention at risk. By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Dec 16 2022 (IPS) A new law banning LGBTQI ‘propaganda’ in Russia will further stigmatise LGBTQI people in the country and could worsen what is already one of the world’s worst HIV/AIDS epidemics, critics have warned. The legislation, approved by President Vladimir Putin at the start of this month, bans any promotion of what authorities see as “non-traditional sexual relations”. Groups working with Russia’s LGBTQI comm...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Asia-Pacific Editors' Choice Europe Featured Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Russia Source Type: news

Europe and the Refugee Crisis: It ’s all About Tackling Racism & Discrimination
By Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, India, Dec 8 2022 (IPS) In 2019, when the President-elect of the European Union (EU) Ursula von der Leyen had presented a list for her soon-to-be European Commission, and on that list was a portfolio called “Protecting the European way of life”, a lot of noise was made questioning what that meant. “Protection” was later changed to the “Promotion” of the European Way of Life. It’s been over three years since this very controversial, much debated and widely criticised portfolio as many continue to question what uniquely is the ‘European way of life’? Shada IslamThe European Unio...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sania Farooqui Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change COVID-19 Europe Featured Global Headlines Human Rights Migration & Refugees Multimedia Religion TerraViva United Nations Video Source Type: news

Battling the Twin Challenge of HIV and Cervical Cancer
A community health worker spreads the message of screening for cervical cancer along with HIV. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPSBy Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Dec 6 2022 (IPS) Damaris Anyango* was recently discharged from Kenyatta National Hospital, battling the twin challenge of cervical cancer and HIV. She is 50 years old and was diagnosed with HIV nearly ten years ago. Despite the heightened risk of developing cervical cancer due to the underlying HIV-positive condition, her first cervical cancer screening was undertaken three years ago. “It has been a big challenge dealing with HIV and cervical cancer. When I was told that my HIV te...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya Source Type: news

Working Together for an Inclusive World
ECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on the International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesBy Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Dec 2 2022 (IPS-Partners) ECW works together with governments, UN agencies, civil society and the private sector for an inclusive world where all children with disabilities are able to go to school in safe and accessible learning environments. We work together for an inclusive world where the complex challenges of today offer up the transformative solutions of tomorrow. Yasmine SherifAs we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we must not forget the power of education in overcoming chall...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yasmine Sherif Tags: Climate Change Education Education Cannot Wait. Future of Education is here Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Source Type: news

World Cup briefing: Germany beat a hasty exit
Plus, VAR line call goes Japan’s way, Ghana grudge match#ghana
Source: Reuters: Health - December 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Football ’s VAR is a lesson in flawed technology
Robot linesmen are no substitute for the real thing and offer a warning against using technology for its own sake
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Three Ways to End Gender-based Violence
Testing new approaches for preventing gender-based violence to galvanize more and new partners and resources. Credit: UN WomenBy Jacqui Stevenson, Jessica Zimerman and Diego AntoniUNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 2022 (IPS) How are the multiple shocks and crises the world is facing changing how we respond to gender-based violence? Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered high levels of violence against women and girls, the recent Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2022 (SVRI) shed some light on the best ways forward. Bringing together over 1,000 researchers, practitioners, policymakers and activists in Cancú...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jacqui Stevenson - Jessica Zimerman - Diego Antoni Tags: Civil Society Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Vaccine Refusal, Floods Impact Polio Drive in Pakistan
A young child receives vaccine drops in Pakistan, but the region has experienced an upsurgence of cases because of vaccine refusal. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Nov 29 2022 (IPS) Vaccine refusal is impacting the eradication of polio in Pakistan. Pakistan has vaccinated about 35 million children during its door-to-door campaign, but about 500,000 remained unvaccinated due to refusal by their parents, Jawad Khan Polio officer in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, recorded in 2022 so far. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of Pakistan’s four provinces, has reported all 20 polio cases. North Waziristan has detected 17 infect...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality Religion TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news

How To Manage Risk In Crypto
Authored by Conor Ryder via Kaiko.com, The FTX collapse was perhaps the single biggest risk management failure in the history of finance. Today, we provide a crash course in basic risk and liquidity metrics which should be required reading for anyone managing crypto…#conorryder #risk #liquidity #riskmetrics #managerisk #var #expectedshortfall #ftx #liquiditymetrics #metrics
Source: Reuters: Health - November 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
By Ndongo Samba Sylla and Jomo Kwame SundaramDAKAR and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 2022 (IPS) The ongoing plunder of Africa’s natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt distress, rubbing salt into deep wounds from the past. With much less foreign exchange, tax revenue, and policy space to face external shocks, many African governments believe they have little choice but to spend less, or borrow more in foreign currencies. Ndongo Samba SyllaMost Africans are struggling to cope with food and energy crises, inflation, higher interest...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ndongo Samba Sylla and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Africa Climate Change Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Energy Environment Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Headlines Health Inequality Labour Natural Resources TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

US to Fight Sexual Abuse in International Organizations
Security Council members vote to adopt a resolution endorsing special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers. Credit: UN Photo/Loey FelipeBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 2022 (IPS) The United States, which recently laid down a set of guidelines to monitor sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by US citizens in international organizations, including the United Nations and its agencies worldwide, has implicitly accused the UN of faltering on a high-profile case last month. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Karim Elkorany, an American citizen and...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thalif Deen Tags: Civil Society Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

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