Country: Mozambique Source: World Food Programme WFP is distributing emergency food packages to “support the people wherever they are”, and working with UNICEF to supply a “desperate population” with drinking water, the agency said.

ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION  The European Commission Opens a New Investigation in the Pharma Sector On 4 March 2021, the European Commission (Commission) has opened a formal investigation into alleged misuses of patent procedures and exclusionary disparagement of competing products by a pharma company for its blockbuster drug. The Commission will […]

By Syed Neaz Ahmad FRSALONDON, Mar 30 2021 (IPS-Partners) Over the Pandemic months, most activities – social, cultural, economic & philanthropic have been hit hard. The worst-hit has been patients suffering from serious diseases. Most have shied away from visiting their doctors and referral fell by 52,000 due to Covid-19. […]

The nearly 1 billion cows around the planet produce vast amounts of the greenhouse gas methane through burps and flatulence, but a change in the diet of cows can result in significant reductions in bovine emissions. A team of researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia realized […]

Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees The fire destroyed more than 9,500 shelters as well as more than 1,600 facilities vital for daily operations, including hospitals, learning centres, aid distribution points and a registration centre.

Reva-Lou Reva is worried. For the first time he can remember, he says hospitals around the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are so overburdened they are closing their doors to patients.