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Japan provides thermography camera in Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread Japan provides thermography camera in Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread 23 April 2021 | News The camera is used to measure the surface body temperature of refugees and local residents living in the district Source: nec.com Japan based NEC Corporation announced a collaboration between NEC XON, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the United Nations programme that promotes better quality of life for all through sustainable urbanisation, and Peace Winds Japan (PWJ), an NGO that provides emer...

She said it is important that resources are readily made available for response in case of emergencies. Speaking when she chaired the Disaster Management Council of Ministers virtual meeting, the Vice President stated that with the intensified rains, the country is expected to experience floods, washed away bridges and blown off roofs among other calamities that will negatively affect a lot of families. Mrs Wina said the country is also at risk of the cholera outbreak and other water borne diseases hence the need for the Ministry of Health and other line Ministries to intensify surveillance t...

Project coordinator in uganda and josephine fortell and she called me it's a project for south sudan and they're at that conference at welcome to you ladies jane i'll start with you just looking at some of the headlines on c.b.s. website for example you've got canned music and don stop any marriage in refugee settlements you also have suicide cases many among south sudanese asylum seekers in uganda which you say that refugees settlements all communities with issues unique to them that local media just doesn't cover. thank you very much absolutely refugee camps also human speech of a way you ca...

Then we ought to be prepared to provide refugee settlements to tens of thousands. that's a tiny number. tragically, the percentage of the numbers have diminished dramatically in this administration, it is enforcement note that the percentage of resettle refugees from muslim majority countries have also plummeted, it is less than 10% while more than the majority of the world refugees are from muslim countries. this is an indication of america's responsibility. >> eric schwartz, thank you for your good work and thank you for being with us. >> that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell rep...

Cuts to protect u.s. interests. i want to take a look at just what the u.n. budget is and what it does. let's walk over here to the board and i can show you this. the u.n. budget for 2018 tops out at $5.4 billion. the u.s. contributes about 22% of the total budget. contributions are calculated from a formula that is in the united nations charter. next year, the u.s. owes the u.n. about $1.2 billion. meaning that cut to the budget saved the u.s. about $62 million. not that big a deal. where is all this money going? last year, u.s. contributions made up 37% of u.n.hcr's funding. the high commiss...