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April 11, 2021
Arrests across Europe as people flout or protest COVID-19 restrictions
April 11, 2021
Dubai Police ready Ramadan cannons
GENEVA — In some of the poorest parts of the world, where there is no access to a reliable electricity grid, the UN is equipping hundreds of health facilities with solar technologies, allowing them to avoid power outages and save lives.Formerly dependent on costly and polluting diesel generators, which often do not provide sufficient electricity, over 900 health facilities, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, have been provided with equipment such as solar rooftops and batteries.It has given them access to clean, affordable and reliable electricity, while saving money, which can be re-invested in health services.The health facilities benefiting from the UN Development Program-supported Solar for Health initiative are making a positive contribution to the vaccine rollouts in their countries:...
April 11, 2021
Solar energy powers COVID-19 treatment
ADEN — Living with HIV in Yemen, a country mired in a seemingly interminable conflict, is particularly challenging, with medical supplies hard to come by, and only around half of all health facilities fully operational.After conflict broke out in Yemen, the UN migration agency, IOM-supported specialized ART (Advances in Retroviral Therapy) clinic in Aden city was barely able to provide care for people living with AIDS.This situation continued for nearly three years, until IOM received an urgent request to restore the site.Working with partners, the migration agency was able to rehabilitate the clinic with furniture, air conditioners, and information and communication technology (ICT) equipment and now people living with HIV are once again receiving care. — UN News
April 11, 2021
Providing hope for those living with HIV in Yemen
April 10, 2021
UAE names first female astronaut for space mission
LONDON — Prince Philip, the late husband to the UK's Queen Elizabeth II, will be laid to rest on Saturday next week, in a ceremony that will be colorful and steeped in tradition, but low key by royal standards.Philip, who was officially the Duke of Edinburgh, died peacefully at Windsor Castle on Friday morning at the age of 99. He was the nation's longest-serving consort — a term given to the spouse of a reigning monarch — and they had been married for 73 years.Harry, the Duke of Sussex, will attend his grandfather's funeral, but his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, won't be present, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. The couple are living in California and a doctor had advised the duchess, who is pregnant, against traveling to the UK, the spokesperson...
April 10, 2021
Prince Philip to be laid to rest in low-key ceremony; Prince Harry to attend funeral
April 10, 2021
UAE joins Jordan's celebrations of 100 years since founding
GENEVA — A good education is often seen as a route out of poverty, but many disadvantaged children are unable to finish school. In Thailand, a project involving the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, is linking academic achievement to cash rewards, providing tangible benefits to marginalized families, and helping kids to stay in school.Chaisri Taya, a teacher in the mountainous northwest province of Mae Hong Son, is a testament to the power of education. Born stateless, he completed a bachelor’s degree and obtained Thai citizenship. He has since become a role model in his community, sharing his experience with children and youth in a language they can relate to.For children in the village of Ban Nai Soi village, four kilometers from the community learning...
April 10, 2021
The more you learn, the more you earn: Education and poverty alleviation in Thailand
April 10, 2021
Low-income countries have received just 0.2% of all COVID-19 shots given
NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented public health, economic and social crises, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions and exacerbating inequalities throughout the world, the World Bank said at the COVID-19: Vaccines for Developing Countries event on Friday.“Without access to vaccines, the gap will widen further”, warned the UN multi-faceted agency, calling for “strong partnership and cooperation at the national, regional and global levels”.Debt inequality World Bank President David R. Malpass, pointed out that inequality runs deep, encompassing not only vaccinations but also median income, interest rate differentials, bankruptcy processes and access to credit — all of which put poorer countries at a stark disadvantage.Fully recognizing “the...
April 10, 2021
Without access to vaccines, COVID will continue widening inequality everywhere
