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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 , 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

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,

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Sustainable Development / 06/22/2021

World’s stateless at risk of not having COVID vaccine

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that many of the world’s stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their lack of citizenship or proof of identity. “There are millions known to be stateless around the world, without the nationality of any state. This has hugely damagin

Business , Corruption , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Health , Human Rights , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 06/01/2021

Watchdog Shines Light on Big Pharma’s ‘Fierce’ EU Lobbying Campaign Against Vaccine Patent Waiver

Jake Johnson The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and full firepower of the Big Pharma lobby at a time when the debate over who gets to keep monopoly control of Covid-19 patents is raging To preserve its stranglehold over global vaccine production, the phar

Aid , COVID-19 , Governance , Monitoring , Opinions , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/11/2021

Australian Government cuts aid in the middle of the pandemic

Stephen Howes So far, Australia has contributed 0.6 of one percent to the global fund to respond to COVID-19 Yesterday, I set down on Twitter three tests by which I said I would judge Australia’s 2021-22 aid budget. They were: Will there be any further increases in aid next year? Will the governme

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