Source: World Health Organization, UN Children’s Fund Country: Philippines Since the re-emergence of polio in September 2019, the synchronized polio vaccination campaigns have reached a total of 2,937,327 (95%) children in Mindanao. January campaign rounds aim to vaccinate ALL children under-5 in Mindanao and in NCR MANILA, 30 January 2020—Since […]

Environmental degradation can adversely impact girls and women as increasing competition over diminishing natural resources can result in higher rates of gender-based violence and exploitation. This is especially the case in developing nations with already limited resources, according to a new study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. “Rooted […]

Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R4V Country: Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao (The Netherlands), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) A report aims to understand what […]

Many of the world’s largest and most biodiverse forests, from the Amazon to Borneo, are being cleared for timber and to make way for agricultural land. Yet not even these forests can withstand deforestation beyond a tipping point, scientists warn. Once forests have been cleared in bits and pieces down […]