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 medical teams are rehearsing for cyclone season; India, …
Day: January 19, 2023
WFP welcomes funding from the United States to support refugees in Rwanda
KIGALI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.2 million from the United States (through USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance) to provide life-saving food assistance in the form of cash transfers and tr…
Climate-fueled Violence and Displacement in the Lake Chad Basin: Focus on Chad and Cameroon
SummaryThe dangerous link between climate change and conflict is clear in countries across the Lake Chad Basin, including Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. For more than a decade, attacks by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) h…
UN Says 49 Bodies Found in Congo Mass Graves
The United Nations said Wednesday peacekeepers discovered mass graves in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a series of attacks blamed on a local militia.U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters one grave in the vill…
UN Says 49 Bodies Found in Congo Mass Graves
The United Nations said Wednesday peacekeepers discovered mass graves in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a series of attacks blamed on a local militia.U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters one grave in the vill…
Sixth failed rainy season spells further disaster and loss of life in Somalia, warns the IRC
Mogadishu, Somalia, January 19, 2023 — With the April- May rains in Somalia this year expected to be below normal for the sixth consecutive season, the number of households affected by the worst drought in the region in decades continues to grow every …