Year: 2020
Europe
Hopeful, colourful, simple: WHO adapts COVID-19 messages in Ukraine to the local audience
WHO/Europe began testing its COVID-19 messages in Ukraine with the aim of reinvigorating public support for protective behaviours. The team tailored their messages to meet the needs of particular groups,…
Europe
Newsdeck: “Difficult issues remain”: UK, EU will resume trade talks on Monday
Newsdeck: “Difficult issues remain”: UK, EU will resume trade talks on Monday
Europe
EU int’l trade partially recovers in September
EU int'l trade partially recovers in September
Health
Diabetes increasing COVID risks, showing need to strengthen health systems
As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at “increased risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19”, the UN chief said in his message for World Diabetes…
Health
COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare: Tedros
A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which must now lead to a major re-think in how all societies value health, said the head of…
News
Ukrainian Greek Church launches “Feeding the poor” campaign – Vatican News
In coordination with the World Day of the Poor, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is promoting a campaign aimed at “Feeding the Poor” – focusing especially on those who are…
Health
South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’ – UN health agency
Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to…
News
Scores of migrants drown in Mediterranean in separate shipwrecks – Vatican News
Over 110 people, including young mothers and their children, have drowned in the past three days in four shipwrecks off the Libyan coast.
News
Europe prepares for bleak winter as coronavirus rages across nations – Vatican News
Several European countries have warned that it is too early to plan for Christmas travel as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the continent. Countries from West to Eastern Europe…