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School nutrition policies: taking action to prevent noncommunicable diseases
ECHR
In collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, WHO has launched 2 pilot projects focusing on improving school nutrition policies and interventions in primary health care in selected countries. The projects aim…
ECHR
Releasing two companion reports on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human genome editing, to be used as a safe, effective and ethical public health tool to benefit everyone.
ECHR
Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday.
ECHR
Supreme Court Religion Cases – Battles Won, More to Come; Mass Graves at Religious Schools in Canada; How Religion Affected the 2020 Election; Government Measures Exacerbate India’s Religious Divide; Sikhs…
Europe
On 16 July, Parliament will co-host the first-ever Global State of Human Rights conference to discuss the state of human rights internationally.Subcommittee on Human RightsSource : © European Union, 2021…
Europe
Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
ECHR
… platforms. Here are the 11 books Obama recommends people read this … Water" was an Oprah Book Club selection. "Intimacies… after he shared his favorite books from 2020, which…
ECHR
The Extraordinary Congress of the Ivorian clergy opened this week on Wednesday, 7 July in Yamoussoukro, under the theme, “Life and ministry of a priest in Côte d’Ivoire.”
Human Rights
Young people who were displaced by conflict in South Sudan have returned home to power change in their community.
ECHR
The Archbishop of Chicago, Archbishop Blase J. Cupich, suggests five steps to contrast growing violence in Chicago.
