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GENEVA — More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better use of the ones currently available, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.The UN agency has released its first-ever report on the pipeline of vaccines currently in development, geared at guiding further investment and research.Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.Millions of deaths This “silent pandemic” is a major growing public health concern, WHO said.Resistant bacterial infections alone are associated with nearly five million deaths a year,...
July 13, 2022
Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO
July 13, 2022
Syria: Security Council extends cross-border aid delivery for six months
July 12, 2022
Ukraine braces for renewed Russian assault as West fears energy crisis will worsen
July 11, 2022
European health agencies recommend 2nd booster for vulnerable people and those over 60
July 11, 2022
Electricity supplies to some French companies could be cut due to energy disruption, minister says
KIEV — Russian rockets hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment block and killing at least 15 people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.According to the rescue services, 24 people are still under the rubble, including a child, while five others have been rescued from under the rubble following the partial collapse of the building.Pavlo Kyrylenko, the Donetsk region's governor, said the strike took place on Saturday evening in Chasiv Yar, a town of some 12,000 inhabitants.It lies about 20 kilometers southeast of Kramatorsk — a city that is expected to be a major target of Russian forces as they advance slowly westwards.The Ukrainian emergency services initially gave a death toll of six, but later said it had risen to 10 before the latest toll of...
July 10, 2022
15 dead and two dozen trapped in Donetsk flats hit by Russian rockets
July 10, 2022
Crowded Tory field as flood of candidates bid to succeed Boris Johnson
July 09, 2022
'Mega-fire' among multiple wildfires authorities battle to contain in south of France
July 09, 2022
Rishi Sunak the favorite as Conservatives enter race to succeed Johnson
GENEVA — Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday by the Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), part of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO).This is of particular concern for those in precarious work conditions, including informal, casual, temporary and subcontracted workers and day laborers who form the large majority of workers on agricultural plantations, laid out in the study: Decent work deficits among rural workers.Child laborBased on 16 cases studies covering 15 countries in Africa, Asia, Central Asia, Europe and Latin America, the report shows that deficits in working conditions are found in every sector and in relation to every substantive element covered by the framework of the ILO’s...
July 09, 2022
All rural workers deserve social protection coverage: New ILO report
