Tag: risk
Water, hygiene woes at health facilities putting lives at risk: UN report
Lack of basic water and sanitation services at health facilities has put around 1.8 billion health workers and patients at higher risk of COVID-19…
UN food agencies warn of rising levels of acute hunger with potential risk of famine in four hotspots : Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen cause for concern but acute hunger on the rise across the globe
The world has been put on a heightened famine alert with a new report by two United Nations agencies that contains a stark warning; four…
Progress against tuberculosis ‘at risk’: WHO
Urgent action and funding are needed to sustain progress in the global fight against tuberculosis (TB), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, warning…
Risk of dying from COVID-19 greater for men, unmarried and born in low and middle income countries
Being a man, having a lower income, having a lower level of education, not being married, and being born abroad in low- or middle-income countries…
France’s terrorism risk remains ‘extremely high’, says minister
French security authorities are monitoring more than 8,000 people suspected of terrorist leanings, the interior minister says. His warning comes ahead of a trial of…
Antarctica: 60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests
Fracture at the front of Ross ice shelf, the largest in Antarctica. A platform of ice nearly four times the size of the UK is…
Childhood packed in a rucksack: young refugees at risk in the Balkans
A group of boys sit on a sunny patch of grass in a park in downtown Belgrade, but they are not here for a picnic….
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