At a small health center in rural Sembabule, a nurse recalls the heartbreak of turning away patients due to lack of basic diagnostic tools. “We could suspect hypertension or diabetes, but without the right equipment, we couldn’t confirm or act early,” she said. That reality is now changing. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) handed…
New York — On July 1st, USAID officially shuts down and transfers operations to the U.S. State Department. Amid growing uncertainty about the future of U.S. foreign assistance structures and funding, supply chains that deliver life-saving treatment to malnourished children worldwide have broken down, triggering a global nutrition crisis. We are witnessing the dismantling of…
– The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. Guterres announced the move in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The 1997 treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, prohibits the use, stockpiling,…
