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With India being home to the largest livestock population, the country faces unique challenges in mitigating these risks The World Bank recently approved an $82 million loan to bolster animal health management in India and combat zoonotic diseases globally. Zoonotic diseases, which originate in anim

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Health , Monitoring , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 12/12/2022

Renewed malaria push needed after COVID-19 setback

Syriacus Buguzi New approaches are needed to tackle malaria after disruption caused by COVID-19 led to an additional 13 million infections and 63,000 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease, say global health leaders. The World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO)

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 06/23/2022

COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings

70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simple text As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Governance , Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/30/2022

COVID-19 could derail SDGs for next five years – report

Dann Okoth The report singles out lost education as one of the worst consequences of the pandemic, warning that its effects could be felt until the end of the century. The COVID-19 pandemic will further derail the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the next five yea

Business , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Health , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 05/01/2022

Bottled water sales rose globally as pandemic took hold

Fiona Broom Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as the pandemic sent countries into lockdown, with larger chunks of incomes being spent on drinking water, SciDev.Net analysis shows. Lack of access to safe water or adequate infrastructure, coupled with he

Aid , COVID-19 , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 03/11/2022

Two Years Into Pandemic, Human Rights Watch Warns of Lessons Not Learned

Jessica Corbett “As we enter the third year,” an expert at the group says, “the inequities that have characterized the past two years are only being further entrenched.” Experts at a leading U.S. human rights group marked the two-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Launches & Events , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 03/03/2022

Environment Assembly concludes with 14 resolutions to curb pollution, protect and restore nature worldwide

Along with putting an end to plastic pollution, a second key resolution supports the establishment of a comprehensive and ambitious science policy panel on the sound management of chemicals and waste and preventing pollution. The 5th UN Environment Assembly concluded in Nairobi with 14 resolutions

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 02/28/2022

Latest IPCC report says human induced climate catastrophe is destroying both humans and nature

Climate crisis has exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, on Small Islands and in the Arctic. Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of pe

Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Gender , Governance , Human Rights / 11/06/2021

More men in Glasgow: Check the gender imbalance data at COP 26

Glasgow COP with over 40,000 registered delegates is the biggest COP till date, but gender based data shows that in COP 26, there was a slide with more men in Glasgow In the midst of a global pandemic, the Glasgow COP turns out to be the biggest COP till date with countries like Brazil, Turkey, [&he

Aid , Climate , COVID-19 , Governance , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 11/05/2021

Global South observers ‘blocked from COP26 negotiations’

Fiona Broom A participation revolution is needed to stop the “outrageous” exclusion of civil society and the global South from major international talks, development advocates have said amid accusations that COP26 is the least inclusive climate summit in a decade. Vaccine and visa complications,

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