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Universal coverage that's necessary. the international monetary fund, they've said the world could, using excess vaccines, reach 40% of the global adult population this year. but at the moment we haven't got the surge of redistribution and distribution that's necessary to make that happen, both in the interest of people in poor countries, and frankly, in our interest as well. >> david milliband, president and ceo of the international rescue committee, thank you for being here. but really thank you for the work the irc does every day that many of us don't see. >> thank you very much, poppy. >> ...

Global health system ‘unfit’ for purpose and major reform needed, concludes independent review 12 May 2021 • 11:00am The Chinese army had already deployed medical specialists to Wuhan by the end of January, the epicentre of a spiralling viral outbreak that had killed 41 people, but a ‘lost’ month at the start of the crisis led to indecision and complacency in the rest of the world Credit: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images The worst ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been avoided had the world not “lost” a month at the start of the crisis to indecision and complacency,...

‘Syria in urgent need’ of humanitarian aid, charities warn Donors criticised by aid agencies for not following up pledges ALAMY Syrian protesters in Idlib, on 4 April, mark the fourth anniversary of the chemical attack allegedly carried out by Syrian government forces on Khan Shaykhun on 4 April 2017. More than 80 people were killed Syrian protesters in Idlib, on 4 April, mark the fourth anniversary of the chemical attack allegedly carried out by Syrian government forces on Khan S... EXTRA funds for humanitarian aid to Syria, pledged at a recent donors’ conferenc...

by Mathias Keittle Sri Lanka eliminated a dreaded terrorist group, with intricate global links, but receives little credit for it. Unlike elsewhere in the world, Sri Lanka has succeeded in resettling 300,000 IDPs (Internal Displaced Persons). There are no starving children for the NGOs to feed but this gets ignored. Sri Lanka has avoided mass misery, epidemics and starvation but the West takes no notice of this. Sri Lanka has attained enviable socio-economic standards for a developing country while eliminating terrorism but gets no acknowledgement. The Government of Sri Lanka and its Presiden...

The Biden administration is reviewing the designation of the Houthis as a terrorist group that was made late ...