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New modeling shows 40 million more children will suffer from hunger’s worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could instead boost health, spur economic growth In its eighth annual Goalkeepers report released today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation urged world leaders to increase global health spending where it is needed most in […]
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1. More than half the world is facing high measles risk, WHO says More than half of the world’s countries will be at a high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent action is taken, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Measles is a highly contagious, airborne virus […]
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By Amie Batson, President, WomenLift Health, and Dr. Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO, Amref Health Africa In June 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. The groundbreaking legislation mandated equal pay for equal work and forbade employers from paying women less than men for comparable work requiring the same skills and responsibilities. […]
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Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall In a world fraught with systemic complexities and disparities, the sense that partnership holds the key to achievement, and to fulfilling the promises we make as – and on behalf of – a world community, shines bright like a beacon in the darkness. It can be all too easy to think […]
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