World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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The Lancet Global Health: Arab uprising has had long-term effect on health, lowering life expectancy in several countries
The Arab uprising in 2010 and subsequent wars in the eastern Mediterranean region have had serious detrimental effects on the health and life expectancy of the people living in many of the 22 countries
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High birth rates and poverty undermine a generation of African children – report
Research predicts African children will account for 43% of global poverty by 2030, although absolute number of poor will fall African children will make up nearly half the world’s poorest people by
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Made-in-India leprosy vaccine to be launched
It will be introduced in five districts of Bihar and Gujarat first. A first-of-its-kind leprosy vaccine developed in India is to be launched on a pilot basis in five districts in Bihar and Gujarat.
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Sanitation and hygiene in South Asia: India country report
This report by WSSCC and FANSA gives voice to the sanitation and hygiene needs and aspirations of marginalised groups in India. It is the culmination of 18 consultations held between October and December
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India’s ascent: five opportunities for growth and transformation
By 2030, the economies of top five Indian cities will each grow to equal the current sizes of middle-income economies, a report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) says. For instance, Mumbai’s economy
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Malawi: Nepad, Ministry of Gender Holds Roundtable Meeting On Climate Change
Lilongwe — New Partnership for Africans Development (NEPAD) and the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare on Wednesday held a roundtable meeting aimed at finding ways on how they
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Nigeria: Aisha Buhari Launches Project On Child Nutrition
The wife of the president, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has launched a programme called, "Get involved", to prevent death of children from malnutrition. A statement signed by Nadabo Zakari, her Director, Media
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As pastoralist land shrinks, Maasai women take livestock lead
ENAIBOSHO, Kenya, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a cold afternoon, three women are gathering dry grass and feeding it into a hand-operated baling machine. In no time, a bale of hay emerges and
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Obama signs Global Food Security Act to end hunger
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill promoting global food security, resilience and nutrition could make hunger history, President Obama announced Wednesday during the White House Summit on Global Development.
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Social cycle aids HIV spread
<p>By analysing the similarity of viral genetic sequences from nearly 1,600 people with HIV in one community in KwaZulu-Natal, the study shows that adolescent girls and women in their early 20s tend to