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Zoraida Portillo Kipi the robot is made from upcycled materials. Her backpack is a solar panel and she has been programmed to explain how it transforms solar energy into electricity, while encouraging students to make their own innovations using local materials. In a remote village of the Peruvian A

Business , Corruption , Environment , Food , Health , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/05/2020

Poisons used to make food more beautiful, last longer

Julien Chongwang, Gilbert Nakweya & Ghislaine Deudjui Toxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat and fish, scientists and food inspectors say, putting the health of millions at risk. Weak government testing capacities and informal food su

Aid , Governance , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 06/18/2020

UK strips aid ministry of independence

Fiona Broom The world’s second-biggest global donor among developed countries has announced it will strip its aid ministry of independence by merging it with the country’s foreign office, leaving a question mark over billions of pounds in British funding for aid and research programmes. The Unit

Aid , COVID-19 , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 06/09/2020

‘Most successful’ vaccine summit raises US$8.8 billion

Fiona Broom National governments, civil society and private organisations have pledged a record US$8.8 billion to a global collaboration over vaccines for low-income countries, laying the groundwork for the rollout of a future COVID-19 jab and saving up to 8 million lives. The record funding was acc

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Gender , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/24/2020

SDG setback ‘tremendous’ as COVID-19 accelerates slide

Gareth Willmer & Fiona Broom Crucial global goals to reduce hunger and poverty and curb climate change have gone backwards or stalled, the United Nations Secretary-General warns in a new report, as the COVID-19 outbreak moves from being a health crisis to becoming the “worst human and economic

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Featured , Health , Migration , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/12/2020

Rich countries ‘raiding’ developing world’s nurses

Fiona Broom Rich countries are ‘raiding’ nurses from their lower-income neighbours, a global nursing organisation says, leaving parts of the global South with less than 900 nurses for every one million people. The first-ever State of the World’s Nursing report, timed to coincide with World Hea

Data & Reports , Gender , Health , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 12/14/2019

WHO urges focus on pregnant women, children to wipe out malaria

Inga Vesper Global malaria eradication efforts should focus on children and pregnant women to fight the most persistent pockets of the disease, a World Health Organization (WHO) report has urged. The Global Malaria Report 2019, launched in Switzerland, found that, despite drops i

Climate , Data & Reports , Featured , Food , Health , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/14/2019

Climate change ‘poses lifelong threat to children’s health’

Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris Agreement targets to limit warming to well below 2˚C, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study, which involves 35 global institutio

Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Health / 11/01/2019

New tropical disease detected in Brazil defies treatment

Fabíola Ortiz Researchers in Brazil have identified a new disease that causes severe damage to the liver, spleen and skin. The disease caused by the Cridia sergipensis parasite is suspected to have infected more than 150 people and caused two deaths in Sergipe state, in the northeast of the country

Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Health , Science & Technology / 09/30/2019

India and China top hot spots of antimicrobial resistance in animals

Ranjit Devraj Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has worsened in animals and humans, reducing the efficacy of vital medicines Global study highlights Asia, where meat consumption has grown by 68 per cent in 20 years All farmers need to be weaned off quick-fix antibiotics, says author Asian giants China

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