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The World Health Organization is
providing coronavirus testing supplies, mobile
hospital facilities, oxygen and staff to support
the virus fight in India, where new cases have
topped 300,000 daily for the past nine days. WHO
officials have advised that COVID-19 cases in
Africa are likely much higher than reported,
putting the continent at risk of a resurgence,
and noted that, while European case counts have
dropped, the region remains under threat from
the virus. Full Story: Center for Infectious Disease
Research and Policy
(4/29), CNBC
(4/29), Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
(4/29)
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Authorities in Kenya this week
announced the closure of two refugee camps
hosting more than 430,000 people by June 2022.
The United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees is working with officials in the
country on plans to accommodate camp residents,
sending them to their home countries, third
countries or making alternate arrangements for
them in Kenya. Full Story: Reuters
(4/29), The Star (Kenya)
(4/30)
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The Guardian (London)
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The combination of the ongoing
pandemic and unrest in Myanmar after the
country's military seized power in February will
undo economic progress made over the last 16
years and plunge 26 million people -- nearly
half of the population -- into poverty by next
year, a United Nations Development Programme
report predicts. "This is related to the fact
that urban areas, where most of the
income-generating activities of the near poor
are, have been ground zero for the pandemic and
the focus of the most severe crackdowns," report
authors write. Full Story: Al Jazeera
(4/30)
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The Guardian (London)
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(4/28)
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Prensa Latina
(Cuba)
(4/29)
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A decision by UK authorities to
withhold $182 million of the funding pledged to
the United Nations Population Fund will
devastate millions of women and girls around the
world and stop the agency from preventing
approximately 250,000 maternal and child deaths,
14.6 million unplanned pregnancies and 4.3
million unsafe abortions, says UNFPA Executive
Director Natalia Kanem. "When funding stops,
women and girls suffer, especially the poor,
those living in remote, underserved communities
and those living through humanitarian crises,"
Kanem says. Full Story: Al Jazeera
(4/29)
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Gulf Times (Qatar)/Agence
France-Presse
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The world's oceans play a vital
role in absorbing carbon dioxide and regulating
the global climate, but this process is in
danger of being reversed, a report from UNESCO's
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission says.
This shift that would see oceans contribute to
-- rather than limit -- global warming, report
authors say. Full Story: Prensa Latina (Cuba)
(4/29)
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Inter Press
Service
(4/29)
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Turkish Cypriot leaders are
calling for two independent states on the island
while Greek Cypriot leaders are insistent on
full reunification, and the lack of common
ground between the two groups stalled progress
at talks hosted by the United Nations this week,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says. The
UN chief says he will not give up on finding a
solution and notes that both sides have agreed
to future discussions. Full Story: Modern Ghana
(4/29), Voice of America
(4/29)
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Daily Sabah
(Turkey)
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Asharq Al-Awsat
(UK)
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UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva -
Cyprus talks, shipwrecks, Central African
Republic alert, UNFPA funding cuts Full Story: UN News
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"How the COVID Crisis Became a
Massive Humanitarian Emergency in
India" Full Story: UN Dispatch
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Unlike most medicines which treat
or cure diseases, vaccines prevent them. This
helps keep people and communities healthy and
reduces the strain on health systems. This World
Immunization Week, help us speak up and advocate
for equitable access to vaccines. #VaccinesWork @ShotAtLife | | |
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