KENYA: A five-day polio campaign that started on 18 January, 2017 targets more than 2.9 million children below the age of 5 years in fifteen counties. Children in high-risk areas -- some of whom have never had access to immunization services before -- will have an opportunity to be vaccinated against polio -
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The 193-member UN General Assembly has been dragging its feet on a proposal that has been kicked around the corridors of the United Nations for over 10 years: a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) providing journalists the “right to information” in a sprawling bureaucracy protective of its turf.
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It is widely expected that Trump’s presidency will increase US trade protectionism, and consequently by others in retaliation, possibly triggering serious trade conflicts with difficult to predict consequences
http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/01/trump-trade-strategy-unclear/
The new political power of business magnate Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 45th President of the United States, will have ramifications for every global region, including the Pacific Islands.
http://www.ipsnews.net/…/pacific-islanders-call-for-u-s-so…/
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, nominated to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the UN, outlined her vision of a strong U.S. role in the human rights institution at a confirmation hearing
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The rise in anti-muslim attitudes around the world prompted a special UN meeting just days before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump whose controversial policies have drawn on anti-Muslim sentiments
http://www.ipsnews.net/…/un-meeting-says-no-to-anti-muslim…/
Pulses are packed with nutrients and have a high protein content, making them an ideal source of protein particularly in regions where meat and dairy are not physically or economically accessible #GlobalPulseDay #LovePulses
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“The vast majority of income generated in the past thirty years has accrued to the owners of capital, and to those at the top of society. Workers have seen their wages stagnate in many countries across the globe, and in many other countries their wages have not risen anywhere near as fast as returns to the owners of capital.” says #Oxfam's Anna Ratcliff
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An industrial farming system spinning out of control confronts all Americans with serious challenges. Among these are the explosion in toxic algae blooms in sensitive waterways, cancer-causing pesticides on foods we feed our children, the rapid spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and, of course, contaminated drinking water, all courtesy of corporate agribusiness. Thankfully, we have an alternative: organic
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Women reinvest up to 90% of their earnings back into their households — that’s money spent on nutrition, food, healthcare, school, and income-generating activities — helping to break the cycle of inter-generational poverty, says Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)'s chief
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Universal Health Coverage has the potential to transform the lives of millions of Kenyans—guaranteeing access to lifesaving health services while helping individuals and families avoid crippling health expenses and the poverty trap
http://www.ipsnews.net/…/kenya-can-lead-the-way-to-univers…/
“The tobacco industry’s arguments around things like illicit trade, impact on jobs and the broader economic impact, the impact on the poor, the impact on their tax revenues, the economic arguments that the industry uses against tobacco control are really misleading, and for the most part, false.”
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Just eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a major new report by Oxfam, an international confederation of 19 organisations working in more than 90 countries
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Cash transfer programmes –regular money payments to poor households—are meant to reduce poverty, promote sustainable livelihoods and increase production in the developing world. One in four countries on Earth are applying them. But are they effective?
http://www.ipsnews.net/…/is-cash-aid-to-the-poor-wasted-on…/
“Trump and various politicians in Europe seek power through appeals to racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and nativism. They all claim that the public accepts violations of human rights as supposedly necessary to secure jobs, avoid cultural change, or prevent terrorist attacks,” says Human Rights Watch's chief Kenneth Roth
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Cuba to enter a recession as a result of the Venezuelan shock
http://www.ipsnews.net/…/the-cuban-recession-and-the-intro…/
