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HIV infections could rise due to climate change, experts raise concern at COP29
1 month ago

HIV infections could rise due to climate change, experts raise concern at COP29

India Today  

The ongoing climate crisis could disrupt HIV services and worsen risks for vulnerable populations, according to a new report by UNAIDS and the UN Development Programme. The report highlights how climate change intensifies challenges like public health infrastructure erosion, food insecurity, water scarcity, and mass displacement, factors that can increase new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, a UNDP press release …

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Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The U.N. Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that “a perfect storm is brewing” which has put western Rakhine …

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Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN

Al Jazeera  

UNDP says without urgent action, 95 percent of the population will regress into survival mode. Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation. “Rakhine’s economy has stopped functioning,” said a United Nations Development Programme report released late on Thursday. …

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Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

New Indian Express  

UNITED NATIONS: Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The UN Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that “a perfect storm is brewing” which has put western Rakhine “on …

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Why the world has wrongly defined China?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the world has wrongly defined China?

China Daily  

Gokarn Bhatt While the Western press highlights issues like authoritarianism and abuse of human rights in China, there seems to be no such shadow inside the country. Moreover, in 2020, China’s Gender Development Index improved to 0.957, up from 0.912 in 1995, showing that the disparities between women and men in education, health and economic resources are decreasing. The UNDP …

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Why the world has wrongly defined China?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the world has wrongly defined China?

China Daily  

Gokarn Bhatt While the Western press highlights issues like authoritarianism and abuse of human rights in China, there seems to be no such shadow inside the country. Moreover, in 2020, China’s Gender Development Index improved to 0.957, up from 0.912 in 1995, showing that the disparities between women and men in education, health and economic resources are decreasing. The UNDP …

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HIV/AIDS: Key interventions and progress so far
5 months ago

HIV/AIDS: Key interventions and progress so far

The Hindu  

From July 22 to July 26, Munich plays host to AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, also accessible virtually to participants across the globe. A recent report revealed that between the 1970s and 1990s, more than 30,000 people were infected with HIV, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B after receiving contaminated blood and blood products imported from the U.S. — …

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Clearing Gaza rubble could take 15 years, UN agency says
5 months, 1 week ago

Clearing Gaza rubble could take 15 years, UN agency says

Al Jazeera  

The war debris contains unexploded ordnance, harmful substances and bodies, according to a UN report. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees estimates that clearing the Gaza Strip of the rubble caused by Israel’s latest war on the Palestinian enclave will take 15 years. “Debris poses a deadly threat for people in the Gaza Strip as it …

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Amid heatwave, 77% Indians want stronger climate action: UNDP-Oxford survey
6 months ago

Amid heatwave, 77% Indians want stronger climate action: UNDP-Oxford survey

Hindustan Times  

In the middle of a record heatwave across the country, the United Nations Development Programme and the University of Oxford released a survey on Thursday, showing that 77 per cent of Indians want stronger climate action. Amidst heatwave, 77% Indians want stronger climate action: UNDP-Oxford survey The survey also reveals that 33 per cent of Indians have recently experienced extreme …

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Four in five people want more climate action, UN poll finds
6 months ago

Four in five people want more climate action, UN poll finds

Al Jazeera  

Biggest survey of its kind polled 75,000, finding that majority want quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Four in five people want their countries to ramp up efforts in the fight against climate change, according to a United Nations survey billed as the largest yet on the issue. “As world leaders decide on the next round of pledges …

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Financing critical for transitioning to a net-positive future
7 months ago

Financing critical for transitioning to a net-positive future

China Daily  

The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. With densely populated coasts, heavy dependence on agriculture, poverty that still afflicts millions, and temperatures rising twice as fast as the global average, this is the most vulnerable region to climate change.iii Between 2000 and 2023, over 1600 floods devastated the Asia Pacific region, killing more …

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Not just Asia, but world can adopt Ayushman Bharat scheme: UNDP India Health Head
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Not just Asia, but world can adopt Ayushman Bharat scheme: UNDP India Health Head

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India's healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat, which is the world's largest health assurance scheme, can be adopted by not just Asian countries but also by the world, said Abhimanyu Saxena, head, Health System Strengthening, UNDP India. In an interview, Saxena noted that the concept of digital health took a giant leap with the introduction of Ayushman Bharat Digital Health …

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Biodiversity celebrated in Dongying through bird-watching
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biodiversity celebrated in Dongying through bird-watching

China Daily  

On Nov 12, 2023, a bird-watching event kicked off in the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province. Migratory birds at the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying. A bird-eye view of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying. In Dongying, the Yellow River Delta National Nature …

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UN launches 'Weather Kids' campaign to encourage climate action
9 months ago

UN launches 'Weather Kids' campaign to encourage climate action

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The World Meteorological Organization has joined with the UN Development Programme for a new campaign which showcases children from around the world presenting a fictional yet scientifically grounded weather forecast to mobilise climate action. HT Image The 'Weather Kids' campaign's launch comes ahead of the World Meteorological Day on March 23. "The Weather Kids add a powerful voice …

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visits fishing village and Air Force base on her third day in Bangladesh for the UN
9 months ago

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visits fishing village and Air Force base on her third day in Bangladesh for the UN

Daily Mail  

Crown Princess Victoria visited a fishing village and an Air Force base during on the third day of her trip to Bangladesh. Victoria opted for a practical ensemble, donning a crisp white shirt which she tucked into a pair of beige trousers and a bright blue UNDP waistcoat. Above: The royal pictured at the Air Force base The mother-of-two also …

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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden unveils a portrait of herself during a visit to Asian University for Women in Bangladesh
9 months ago

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden unveils a portrait of herself during a visit to Asian University for Women in Bangladesh

Daily Mail  

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden beamed as she unveiled a portrait of herself during a visit to the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh today. It comes after Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden appeared in high spirts as she held a goat while visiting a climate change project in Bangladesh. Victoria sported a broad smiled as she visited a climate-displaced …

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India ranks 134th in global human development index, says UNDP report
9 months, 1 week ago

India ranks 134th in global human development index, says UNDP report

The Hindu  

March 15, 2024 12:27 am | Updated 07:43 am IST India has moved up a rank on the global Human Development Index, according to the United Nations Development Programme report ‘Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world’ released on March 13. India’s southern neighbour Sri Lanka has been ranked much ahead at 78, while China is ranked 75, …

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Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed
1 year ago

Multidimensional Poverty Index reduction under the NDA is flawed

The Hindu  

Samuel Johnson, a profound literary critic and essayist, wrote, “Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.” In sharp contrast, conventional measures of poverty in terms of income are limited and narrowly focused on scarcity of resources to eke out a bare subsistence. The MPI story …

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Stirring The Movement: Promoting Sanitation and Championing Hygiene for a Healthier Tomorrow
1 year, 1 month ago

Stirring The Movement: Promoting Sanitation and Championing Hygiene for a Healthier Tomorrow

News 18  

Every year, November 19 is commemorated as World Toilet Day by the United Nations to raise awareness about people living without access to clean toilets and proper sanitation facilities. On this occasion, as a citizen of India and in my capacity as the National Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals with the United Nations Development Programme, I, Bhumi Pednekar, am reaching …

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Biodiversity celebrated in Dongying through bird-watching
1 year, 1 month ago

Biodiversity celebrated in Dongying through bird-watching

China Daily  

A bird-watching event kicked off on Nov 12 in the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province. Migratory birds at the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying. A bird-eye view of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying. In Dongying, the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve …

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India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP report
1 year, 1 month ago

India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP report

Live Mint  

India has emerged among top countries with high income and wealth inequality but the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty fell from 25 to 15 per cent between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the UNDP said in a new report. Despite these successes, poverty remains persistently concentrated in states that are home to 45 per cent of the country's population …

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Over half of Sri Lanka’s population ‘multidimensionally vulnerable’: UNDP study
1 year, 3 months ago

Over half of Sri Lanka’s population ‘multidimensionally vulnerable’: UNDP study

The Hindu  

The crushing economic crisis in Sri Lanka last year has left more than half of the island’s population “multidimensionally vulnerable”, according to a national citizens’ survey led by the United Nations Development Programme. GROUND ZERO | In Sri Lanka, a long and rocky road to economic recovery The findings of UNDP’s study, carried out in partnership with the ‘Citra Social …

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Quzhou girls explore digital future with UN project
1 year, 3 months ago

Quzhou girls explore digital future with UN project

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2023-08-31 This summer, 11 girls from Jiangshan, a count-level city of Quzhou in Zhejiang province, had a unique opportunity to participate in a special education charity project from the United Nations Development Programme. The project, called "HER Digital Future Bootcamp", is a creation camp that aims to inspire and empower girls aged 12-18 to learn about digital technology …

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415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study
1 year, 5 months ago

415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study

The Hindu  

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations said on July 11, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world's most populous nation. "Notably, India saw a remarkable reduction in poverty, with 415 million people exiting poverty within a span of just 15 years," the report …

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