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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns

·February 13, 2025·2 min read

In a media briefing on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the consequences of funding suspensions, including disruptions to HIV treatment, setbacks in polio eradication and limited resources for responding to mpox epidemics in Africa. “The suspension of funding to PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, caused...

US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS

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·February 9, 2025·2 min read

The waiver allows the continuation or resumption of “life-saving humanitarian assistance” including HIV treatment. That means 20 million people living with HIV and whose medication is funded by the US can continue to receive treatment. “That’s 20 million out of the 30 million people living with HIV in the world,” said...

UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes for global emissions cuts

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·December 6, 2023·4 min read

Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier loss and sea-level rise, according to a new report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report comes as the latest annual UN climate conference,...

UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

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·June 5, 2023·2 min read

The cuts will reduce the value of rations provided to Rohingya refugees to $8 per month, or 27 cents per day. At the beginning of the year, refugees were receiving a ration of $12 per person per month, which was just enough to meet daily needs, but on 1 March,...

UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger |

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·June 20, 2022·2 min read

The cause of the imminent cuts is multiplying humanitarian needs around the world and insufficient funding. This has already forced the agency to make significant reductions in daily meals for vulnerable people in the Sahel and elsewhere. “As global hunger soars way beyond the resources available to feed all the...