cent Archives - Career Meaning

Haiti: Child recruitment by armed groups surges 70 per cent

·November 25, 2024·1 min read

According to the latest estimates, children now comprise up to half of all armed group members, with recruitment driven by widespread poverty, lack of education and collapse of essential services. “Children in Haiti are trapped in a vicious cycle – recruited into the very armed groups that are fuelling their...

WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year

Uncategorized

·September 9, 2024·1 min read

Over 4000 people died from the disease last year, a 71 per cent increase compared to 2022. The number of reported cases also increased by 13 per cent. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection spread through contaminated food and water. While it is preventable and easily treatable, communities with limited access...

Opium cultivation declines by 95 per cent in Afghanistan: UN survey

Uncategorized

·November 6, 2023·1 min read

According to the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2023, released by the agency on Sunday, the supply of opium declined by an estimated 95 per cent, falling from 6,200 tons in 2022 to 333 tons in 2023, corresponding to a fall in the area under cultivation, from 233,000 hectares to just 10,800...

WHO launches new pandemic prevention plan, as COVID deaths fall 95 per cent

Uncategorized

·April 26, 2023·1 min read

The guidance provides a joined-up approach for responding to the threat or arrival of any respiratory pathogen such as flu or the range of coronaviruses, that have the ability to rapidly mutate into different variants. The new Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, or PRET, incorporates the latest tools and approaches for...

Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 per cent of all biodiversity

Uncategorized

·February 2, 2023·3 min read

On World Wetlands Day, observed this Thursday, the United Nations is calling for urgent action to revive and restore these ecosystems, which are disappearing three times faster than forests. Wetlands cover roughly six per cent of the Earth’s land surface and are vital for human health, food supply, tourism and...

Security Council: 12 years of war, leaves 70 per cent of Syrians needing aid

Uncategorized

·January 26, 2023·2 min read

“As we move into 2023, the Syrian people remain trapped in a profound humanitarian, political, military, security, economic and human rights crisis of great complexity and almost unimaginable scale,” said Geir Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria. Outlining recent developments, he reiterated his previous calls for calm on the ground, good faith engagement...

Killings of journalists up 50 per cent in 2022: UNESCO

Uncategorized

·January 17, 2023·1 min read

In the recently released 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, UNESCO noted the deaths of 86 journalists last year, amounting to one every four days, up from 55 killings in 2021. The findings highlight the grave risks and vulnerabilities that journalists continue to face in the course of their work, the...

More women work in health and care but they earn 24 per cent less than men: UN report |

Uncategorized

·July 14, 2022·3 min read

The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: a global analysis in the time of COVID-19, was published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It documents a raw gender pay gap of roughly 20 percentage points which jumps to 24 percentage...