COVID-19
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COVID-19 illustrates ‘woefully under prepared’ world – UN health chief
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank set up the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) two years ago…
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Residents of Moria camp must be moved now – Red Cross head
The President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Francesco Rocca said Moria camp in…
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UN, IRC Step Up Emergency Aid to Flood-Devasted Sudan
U.N. and international agencies are stepping up emergency operations in response to deadly flooding in Sudan, which has left hundreds…
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COVID-19 impact on treatment for chronic illness revealed
The COVID-19 health crisis has caused massive disruption worldwide in diagnosing and treating people with deadly but preventable diseases, including…
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UNICEF: “World’s richest nations must protect child well-being in COVID-19 fallout”
Children in the world’s richest countries are grappling with mental health concerns, obesity and poor social and academic skills, according…
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WHO says test, despite CDC’s recent flip flop
The World Health Organization (WHO) says countries should actively test people to find coronavirus cases, even if they have mild…
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Spain to call in army to help control virus spread
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that some 2,000 soldiers would be deployed in the worst hit areas of…
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COVID-19 and conflict collide in Libya, deepening the humanitarian crisis
COVID-19 cases in Libya have risen more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to…
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Ethiopia: Adapting operations during COVID-19 to meet humanitarian needs
The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been present in Ethiopia since the beginning of the 1977…
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Across the World, Humanitarian Workers Grapple With Effects of Coronavirus
As a child in Somalia, Mohamed Mohamud proudly tended to several dozen small tomato plants. He had seen his grandmother…
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