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Avert ‘dire consequences’ for women’s health, UNFPA urges in appeal to prevent maternal deaths

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The UN agency dedicated to improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide (UNFPA) appealed on Monday for $2.5 billion by 2030 to help avert potential “dire consequences” surrounding pregnancies and maternal deaths.
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Press briefing on plenary session at 15.00 today | News | European Parliament

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The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.00 today.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP
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Water, hygiene woes at health facilities putting lives at risk: UN report

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Lack of basic water and sanitation services at health facilities has put about 1.8 billion health workers and patients at higher risk of COVID-19 and other diseases, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have said. 
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World must invest in strong health systems that protect everyone — now and into the future

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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed just how important it is for all countries to have strong health systems that provide the entire population with quality services when and where they need them, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed.
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Non-communicable diseases killing more people than ever before: UN health agency

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Non-communicable diseases account for 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, a sharp increase from two decades ago, and heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, a new UN World Health Organization (WHO) study has found. 
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Press Conference by EP President Sassoli on summit, Brexit and long-term budget | News | European Parliament

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Following his address to heads of state or government during the EU summit, President Sassoli will hold a press conference on Thursday at 14.30.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP
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New WHO campaign to help COVID-era quitters kick the habit

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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, announced the start of a year-long global campaign to help people quit tobacco, with millions citing the threat of COVID-19 as a new incentive to give up the habit.  
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Shutting school systems, wrong response to COVID-19, UNICEF says

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Countries fighting the coronavirus should not impose nationwide or large-scale school closures, which is the wrong response and compounds the societal cost of the disease, with 320 million children locked out of school at the start of December, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday.  
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First Person: COVID education is child’s play for Thai UN volunteer

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An innovative initiative to provide child-friendly information about COVID-19 has been launched by a UN volunteer (UNV) in Thailand who recognized that children needed to know more about the dangers of the virus but also have fun learning at home during the lockdown. On International Volunteer Day marked annually on 5 December, UNICEF’s Rasa Pattikasemkul talks about motivation, family loss and keeping children safe.
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COVID-19: Right decisions now will secure a life of dignity for all

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Critical decisions made now to address the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a life of dignity for all people, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Friday, addressing the second and final day of the General Assembly’s special session devoted to the crisis. 
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New Africa alliance aims to tackle deadly COVID ‘infodemic’

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A new network in Africa aims to combat the “infodemic” of misinformation online surrounding COVID-19 and other health emergencies on the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. 
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COVID-19 recovery focus of UN General Assembly special session

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Nations united on Thursday for a special session of the UN General Assembly to survey the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect on the best response, and forge a path to better days ahead. 
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Press Conference by EP President Sassoli and Portugal’s Prime Minister Costa | News | European Parliament

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Following tomorrow’s meeting of Parliament’s Conference of Presidents, President Sassoli and Prime Minister Costa will hold a joint press conference.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP
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UN urges ‘global solidarity, shared responsibility’ against pandemics, marking World AIDS Day

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The United Nations is commemorating World AIDS Day, on Tuesday, with a call for “global solidarity and shared responsibility” to overcome not only COVID-19, but also AIDS – another global pandemic that is still with us nearly 40 years after it emerged. 
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New COVID-19 infections fall globally for first time since September; WHO chief urges ‘extreme caution’

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Last week saw the first global decline in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since September, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, advising that the news, while welcome, must be interpreted with “extreme caution”. 
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COVID-19 threatens global progress against malaria, warns UN health agency

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Gaps in life-saving interventions are undermining efforts to curb malaria, amid fears that the coronavirus pandemic could set back the fight against the disease even further, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said. 
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Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS

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Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday.
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A child infected with HIV every 100 seconds, new UN report reveals

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Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, calling on governments to “protect, sustain and accelerate” efforts to combat childhood HIV. 
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MEPs call on EU leaders to end MFF deadlock without giving in on rule of law | News | European Parliament

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, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201120IPR92129/
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COVID cases surge amid growing threat from antimicrobial resistance – WHO chief 

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More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic, the UN health agency chief told journalists on Friday as he launched a new report on the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.
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EU survey confirms citizens’ call for EU to have more powers to tackle pandemic | News | European Parliament

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In the grip of the second wave of coronavirus, two thirds of EU citizens call for more EU competence and an EU budget with sufficient means to tackle the crisis.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP
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Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet, says UN health agency

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An advisory body of the UN health agency is not recommending the use of the high-profile antiviral drug Remdesivir for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, saying on Thursday there is insufficient evidence that it improves survival outcomes or cuts down on the need for patients to be put onto ventilators. 
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In the face of ridicule: one woman’s fight to bring sanitation to a Nepali village

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4.2 billion people are living without access to safely managed sanitation, putting them at increased risk of catching a host of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, cholera, and typhoid. On this year’s World Toilet Day, which is marked on 19 November, we look at how Ratna Khawas has fought ridicule and tradition to improve hygiene in her Nepali village, with the help of the UN.
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Ensure safe and hygienic sanitation for all, UN urges, marking World Toilet Day

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The UN is marking World Toilet Day on Thursday, in a bid to reinforce the need for equal access to sanitation for all. More than a quarter of the global population lack basic facilities, and more than three billion people live in homes without basic hand washing facilities, soap and water. 
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Future of an entire generation at risk, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on

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While symptoms among children infected with COVID-19 mostly remain mild, infections are rising and the longer-term impact on the education, nutrition and well-being of an entire generation of young people can be life-altering, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. 
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