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UN reproductive health agency appeals for $1.2 billion to support crisis-affected women and girls

·December 14, 2022·2 min read

The 2023 Humanitarian Action Overview is UNFPA’s largest appeal ever and includes $289 million in Afghanistan, $70 million in Ukraine, $62 million in Somalia, and $23 million in Haiti. As the world faces multiple, intersecting crises, the agency calls for predictable and flexible humanitarian funding to save lives and ensure...

UN Forum tackles ‘digital poverty’ facing 2.7 billion people

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·December 5, 2022·1 min read

“With the right policies in place, digital technology can give an unprecedented boost to sustainable development, particularly for the poorest countries,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a press release. “This calls for more connectivity; and less digital fragmentation. More bridges across digital divides; and fewer barriers. Greater autonomy for ordinary people;...

$1.72 billion plan launched to support Venezuelans on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean

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·December 4, 2022·2 min read

Co-led by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) the Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), aims to respond to the needs of millions who cannot afford three meals a day; lack safe and decent housing; face hurdles in accessing...

UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023

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·December 1, 2022·4 min read

The size of the appeal – 25 per cent higher than this year’s – reflects the fact that the total number in need is 65 million more than in 2022, the UN and partner organizations noted. ‘Shockingly high’ Needs are “shockingly high”, the UN’s top emergency relief official, Martin Griffiths, said,...

Eight billion people, one humanity; Development milestone ‘testament’ to power of health and science |

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·November 11, 2022·2 min read

“But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided”, warned Secretary-General António Guterres in an editorial penned ahead of the milestone moment, citing billions struggling, hundreds of millions facing hunger, and record numbers fleeing home for relief from debt, hardship, wars and climate disasters. “Unless we...

World population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate slows |

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·July 11, 2022·5 min read

The latest UN projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, before reaching a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the 2080s. The population is expected to remain at that level until 2100. Slowest growth rate since 1950s...

Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO |

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·June 19, 2022·1 min read

To make matters worse, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of common conditions such as depression and anxiety, went up by more than 25 per cent, the UN health agency (WHO) said on Friday. In its largest review of mental health since the turn of the century,...