Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Transforming Diets
18 November 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentDelivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Transforming Diets mgomez Wed, 11/16/2022 – 10:42 Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Transforming Diets Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Transforming Diets Conference South Asia India Health Food Systems COVID-19 Nutrition Hybrid Event: November 9, 2022 – 4:30 PM to November 10, 2022 […]
Read MoreWHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Uganda Source: World Health Organization The aim of the randomized trial is to evaluate potentially efficacious candidate vaccines, and to possibly contribute to ending the ongoing outbreak and protect populations at risk in the future.
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Act on Loss and Damage Finance Now, UN Sec Gen Tells COP27 Negotiators
17 November 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentUN Secretary-General António Guterres with COP27 President Sameh Shoukry. By IPS CorrespondentSharm El-Sheikh, Nov 17 2022 (IPS) UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the negotiators at COP27 that time for talking about loss, and damage finance is over. “We need action. No one can deny the scale of loss and damage […]
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Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/ameeq There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough food for a growing global population? How will we take care of more people in the next pandemic? What will heat do to millions with hypertension? Will countries wage water wars […]
Read MoreFAO begins handover of 780 tonnes of urea to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Agriculture
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Sri Lanka has this week handed over 780 tonnes of urea to the Ministry of Agriculture, procured through the UN Central Emergency Relief Fund (UN-CERF). Urea is badly needed by […]
Read MorePolicy seminar: Agriculture in the Americas and COP27
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPolicy seminar: Agriculture in the Americas and COP27 Nov 14, 2022 jmcquaid Mon, 11/14/2022 – 09:05 Policy seminar: Agriculture in the Americas and COP27 Adriana Campos Valeria Piñeiro Daniela Soto Prospects for fostering mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. IFPRI Blog : Event Post Open Access | CC-BY-4.0 Nov 14, 2022by Adriana […]
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Rising sea levels force Tuvalu to move to the Metaverse: COP27 speech
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBy External SourceNov 16 2022 (IPS-Partners) What happens to a country without land? As rising sea levels threaten to submerge our home, we have made a radical plan for the survival of our nation. Watch Tuvaluan Minister Simon Kofe’s address at COP27 and visit https://www.tuvalu.tv to find out how you […]
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Burkina Faso: UN warns of worsening conflict and displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action
16 November 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal Sources: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Left unchecked, the climate emergency will further imperil Sahelian communities as floods, droughts and heatwaves decimate access to water, food and livelihoods, and amplify the risk of conflict.
Read MoreAir pollution can cause cardiac arrests and harm even unborn children
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/MARUF_RAHMAN Chronic air pollution is more than just a nuisance. It is an acute health hazard and the more we learn about its insidious effects on our bodies, the worse the picture gets. Adding to the already large corpus on research about medical conditions airborne pollutants can cause or […]
Read MorePACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) SOLUTIONS FORUM
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentMEDIA ADVISORY AND INVITATION The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Samoa, through its Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), have invited leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, as well as heads of technical and resource partner organizations, […]
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