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Campagne de vaccination en milieu carcéral : 173 détenus ont été vaccinés à la maison centrale dAntanimora Format A linitiative du ministère de la Justice, en partenariat avec le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Consolidation de la Paix (PBF), le Fonds des Nations Unies pour lEnfance (UNICEF) et lOrganisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS), une campagne de vaccination au covishield sest tenue ce mercredi à la Maison Centrale dAnt...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Forty years on since the first AIDS cases were reported, the Un...

GENEVA: Forty years on since the first AIDS cases were reported, the United Nations said on Thursday it was cautiously optimistic that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — the virus that causes the disease — could be beaten by 2030. The UNAIDS agency said at least 40 countries were on track to achieve a 90-percent drop in AIDS-related mortality by 2030, including nine countries in eastern and southern Africa. In a report, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS said that 37.6 million peo...

While some of the world’s largest vaccine makers have committed to increase COVID-19 vaccine access to middle and low-income countries, there remains uncertainty over patent waivers.

Moderna and vaccine promoter Gavi have announced a firm deal by which the pharmaceutical company will provide up to 500 million doses for the UN-backed program to ship coronavirus vaccines to needy people in low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2022. The advance purchase agreement announced on Monday comes just days after the World Health Organisation, after weeks of delays, announced emergency approval for the Moderna vaccine that will pave the way for its rollout in the UN-backed ...

One UN - Pakistan Annual Report 2020 Format The UN’s response to COVID-19 in Pakistan is about saving lives, protecting people and recovering better. This report showcases how the UN in Pakistan mobilized to mount a swift defence against COVID-19 and change millions of lives for the better in 2020. To respond to the massive needs triggered by the pandemic, we worked tirelessly with our partners across all tiers of Government, development organizations, donors, communities, local leaders, civi...

Covid resources: Developing countries at the mercy of their wealthier counterparts 16 Mar 2021 Wealthier countries remain determined to keep essential Covid-19 resources to themselves. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images) Wealthier countries remain determined to keep essential Covid-19 resources to themselves, rather than facilitating easier trade of such items with developing countries, despite talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).  In October 2020, India and South Af...

+ …not many will quickly forget Kufuor’s success in changing the wheels of development and stemming the tide of hunger in Ghana through policies that mainly targeted the most extensive but most vulnerable constituents in the country – youths, women, and children. During this period…by changing the country’s wheel of development, placed the country on a steady and accelerated pace to reach the designation of a middle-income country… It was a privilege for me to have met His Excellenc...

Libya: UNICEF Programme Monthly Update November 2020 Format Education and Youth In November, UNICEF distributed school package supplies to 20 schools in the municipalities of Misrata, Sorman, Alkofra and Tobruk reaching an estimated 10,000 children (using the estimation of 500 children per school). Five schools: two in Derna and three in Al-Khoms were also rehabilitated and handed over, benefitting a total of 1,756 children. UNICEF and its partners enrolled UNICEF and its partners enrolled 196 ...

As humanitarian crises have become more and more complex, UNHCR has expanded both the number and type of organizations it works with. We work closely with sister UN agencies, whose work complements or converges with ours. Most important among these are the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (O...