Articles for Vulnerable Communities

India to focus on climate finance, accountability, protection for vulnerable communities at COP29
1 month, 4 weeks ago

India to focus on climate finance, accountability, protection for vulnerable communities at COP29

The Hindu  

As world leaders and climate negotiators converge on Baku for COP29, beginning Monday, India is set to bring renewed focus to the urgent need for climate finance, accountability, and protection for vulnerable communities. India’s key priorities at the conference are likely to focus on ensuring accountability of developed nations on climate finance, strengthening resilience for vulnerable communities, and achieving an …

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A just transition from climate crisis for vulnerable countries
1 year ago

A just transition from climate crisis for vulnerable countries

Hindustan Times  

Transitioning to a low-emission world cannot escape the issues of ‘climate justice’ that bring on board the plight of vulnerable communities who are at the receiving end of the climate crisis. About 3.6 billion people in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Least Developed Countries, Small Islands and the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples globally, small-scale food producers and low-income households are …

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Hurricanes cause vast majority of storm deaths in vulnerable communities
1 year, 4 months ago

Hurricanes cause vast majority of storm deaths in vulnerable communities

NPR  

Hurricanes cause vast majority of storm deaths in vulnerable communities Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images A few months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico in 2017, the governor announced the official death toll: 64. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers several factors for defining socially vulnerable communities including poverty, age and disability, …

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Oxfam India says Centre’s refusal to renew FCRA registration will hit humanitarian work in 16 States
3 years ago

Oxfam India says Centre’s refusal to renew FCRA registration will hit humanitarian work in 16 States

The Hindu  

Oxfam India said on Sunday that the Central government’s refusal to renew its Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration would severely affect the organisation’s ongoing crucial humanitarian and social work in 16 States. Stating that the decision would not reduce the organisation's commitment to serve vulnerable communities and uphold values enshrined in the Indian Constitution, Oxfam India chief executive officer Amitabh …

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COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems
3 years, 1 month ago

COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems

The Hindu  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12, 2021 with a huge gathering, generating headlines, criticisms, and some commitments. The climate crisis will impact food production and livelihoods but also, as per the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, threaten nutrition through multi-breadbasket failures. Adaptation finance The recent pledges made by the …

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Explained | Is PMGKAY still needed?
3 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Is PMGKAY still needed?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A scheme to provide free food grain to ration card holders as part of COVID-19 relief comes to an end this month. While the Food Ministry says the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana is no longer needed as the economy is reviving, Right to Food activists insist that vulnerable communities still need the support, arguing …

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‘10,000 vaccinations in 10 days’: Covid-19 inoculation drive launched in Mumbai
3 years, 3 months ago

‘10,000 vaccinations in 10 days’: Covid-19 inoculation drive launched in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

A large-scale Covid-19 vaccination drive has been launched for fisherfolk and the people from vulnerable communities in Mumbai. The Covid-19 vaccination drive will serve marginalised people who have not been able to access them earlier due to the nationwide vaccine supply shortage and vaccine hesitancy. As part of the drive, 10,000 fisherfolk and people from vulnerable communities in south Mumbai …

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Community Defib Project installing potentially lifesaving devices in vulnerable communities
3 years, 7 months ago

Community Defib Project installing potentially lifesaving devices in vulnerable communities

ABC  

It was a regular afternoon at a western New South Wales copper mine until the maintenance engineering manager collapsed. Key points: Automated external defibrillators are used to shock the heart back into its normal rhythm and can save lives Vulnerable communities with limited or no AEDs are raising funds to have them installed 35 publicly accessible AEDs have been installed …

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California among worst states in getting vaccines to vulnerable populations
3 years, 8 months ago

California among worst states in getting vaccines to vulnerable populations

CNN  

Los Angeles CNN — Dr. Jerry Abraham is determined to ensure California’s most vulnerable communities have access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Abraham has spent the last several months calling state officials to demand vaccine doses for Black and brown people in hard hit South Los Angeles, developing vaccine sites that welcomed walk-in patients, hosting mass vaccination events featuring entertainers and …

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Vulnerable U.S. Latino communities hit hard by coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Vulnerable U.S. Latino communities hit hard by coronavirus

LA Times  

A Hispanic immigrant working at a fast-food restaurant in North Carolina is rushed to the hospital after she contracts COVID-19. A Harvard paper used similar metrics to determine “years of potential life lost” due to COVID-19 mortality, finding that Latinos lost 48,204 years, compared with 45,777 for African Americans and 33,446 for non-Hispanic whites. “We have a lot of community …

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Coronavirus pandemic: A systems approach to mitigate the social and economic fallout of COVID-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic: A systems approach to mitigate the social and economic fallout of COVID-19

Firstpost  

We are living in the time of a pandemic that although unique to our generation, mimics the one exactly a century ago. Central and state Governments Government institutions — both Central and state are the central node of the system that control all steps to COVID-19 elimination — prevention detection, treatment. The reallocation should be utilised across investments in research …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Brazil’s leading athletes step up to help most vulnerable communities battle COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Brazil’s leading athletes step up to help most vulnerable communities battle COVID-19

Firstpost  

As infections of the novel coronavirus rise steadily in Brazil and threaten to cause chaos in its densely populated favelas, some of the country’s leading athletes are stepping up to help the most vulnerable communities. In a nation where corruption is rife and the government’s coronavirus strategy has come under scrutiny, Canto said athletes were the ideal group to spearhead …

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If vulnerable communities are more susceptible to the spread of coronavirus, what does that mean for Australia?
4 years, 10 months ago

If vulnerable communities are more susceptible to the spread of coronavirus, what does that mean for Australia?

ABC  

"Your health is as safe as that of the worst-insured, worst-cared-for person in your society." In declaring the outbreak of COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organisation — which has called for a $US675 million fund to fight the virus — said its greatest concern was the potential for it to spread to countries "with …

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