WHO calls for more action to end ‘cycles of poverty and stigma’ related to tropical diseases

WHO calls for more action to end ‘cycles of poverty and stigma’ related to tropical diseases

To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, the UN agency has released a report highlighting progress and challenges in delivering care for these 20 conditions, which mainly affect the world’s poorest people.  NTDs are caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and toxins, and can be deadly.  Other examples are Buruli…

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‘A great victory’: Odesa mayor reacts to UNESCO Heritage List inclusion

‘A great victory’: Odesa mayor reacts to UNESCO Heritage List inclusion

Mr. Trukhanov spoke to UN News shortly after the decision was announced, on Wednesday, and explained the laborious process that led to the inclusion. Odesa Mayor, Gennady Trukhanov Gennady Trukhanov We applied for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List back in 2009 and were accepted into the provisional list. But the procedure dragged on and,…

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Hate Speech: Turning the tide

Hate Speech: Turning the tide

The rise and impact of hate speech is being amplified, at an unprecedented scale, by new communications technologies, one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale, threatening peace around the world. According to leading international human rights organization, Minority Rights Group, one analysis records a 400-fold increase in the…

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Mickey Arthur's online coaching method is beyond my understanding, Shahid Afridi

Mickey Arthur’s online coaching method is beyond my understanding, Shahid Afridi

Former national cricket team captain Shahid Afridi says that Mickey Arthur’s online coaching method is beyond my understanding. In a conversation with the media, the former all-rounder said that foreign coaches are not so necessary, local coaches are also talented, hopefully the Pakistan Cricket Board will definitely take appropriate measures. He said that I showed…

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The fear of bankruptcy of the United States;  The President and the opposition are ready to sit together

The fear of bankruptcy of the United States; The President and the opposition are ready to sit together

Speaker and President Joe Biden will meet on Wednesday, Photo: File Washington: Fears of the bankruptcy of the United States under the burden of debt have increased, on which the Speaker of the House of Representatives agreed to meet with President Joe Biden. According to the world news organization, Kevin McCarthy, who was barely elected…

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