Archive for March 30th, 2024

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30/03/2024

“Haïti must rise from her ashes”

Human Wrongs Watch

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haïti, 28 March 2024 (UNFPA)* -– The National Institute for Midwifery in Haïti’s capital usually trains around 80 midwives per year, who go on to help thousands of pregnant women deliver their babies safely. 

A UNFPA-supported mobile health team visits a displacement site near Haïti’s capital Port-au-Prince. © FAHDRIS/Richy Mix
A UNFPA-supported mobile health team visits a displacement site near Haïti’s capital Port-au-Prince. © FAHDRIS/Richy Mix

But when armed gangs stormed and looted the institute in Port-au-Prince at the end of February, students and staff fled in terror; many are not sure if or when they will ever be able to return.

With the latest alarming upsurge in gang violence, health facilities are coming under near-constant attack, stripped of their equipment, medicine and even ambulances.

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30/03/2024

World Squanders Over 1 Billion Meals… a Day

Human Wrongs Watch

Nairobi, 27 March 2024 (UNEP)* -– Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity.

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Photo Credit:Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash

Food waste continues to hurt the global economy and fuel climate change, nature loss, and pollution. These are the key findings of a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report published today, ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste.

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30/03/2024

A Silent Threat: Gaza’s Struggle with Solid Waste Management

Human Wrongs Watch

By United Nations Development Programme*

MARCH 28TH, 2024 (UNDP)* — The war in Gaza led to a dire humanitarian condition, profoundly affecting the lives of its 2.2 million people – loss of life, property and desperate need of food, dignified shelter and medical care.

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Over 32,000 Palestinians have died since the start of the war in Gaza, and around 1.1 million are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity. Photos: UNICEF and UNDP PAPP/Abed Zagout

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