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Climate crisis could displace 1.2bn people by 2050, report warns Countries unable to withstand ecological threats among world’s least peaceful, analysis finds Jon Henley the Guardian

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Climate crisis could displace 1.2bn people by 2050, report warns

Wed, 2020-09-09 17:31 — mike kraft

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Africa declared free of polio Nigeria is now rid of wild polio having had more than half of global cases less than 10 years ago. BBC News

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Africa declared free of wild polio in 'milestone'

Tue, 2020-08-25 12:03 — mike kraft

Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission.

Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected.

Twenty-five years ago thousands of children in Africa were paralysed by the virus.

The disease is now only found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

There is no cure but the polio vaccine protects children for life.

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What is the Food Security Impact of COVID-19 in African Countries? COVID-19 pandemic is impacting rural communities. What is coronavirus food security problem? Can African families, smallholder farmers adapt? Wayan Vota ICTworks

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What is the Food Security Impact of COVID-19 in African Countries?

Thu, 2020-08-20 18:43 — mike kraft

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Millions of women lose contraceptives, abortions in COVID-19 NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll... AP NEWS

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Millions of women lose contraceptives, abortions in COVID-19

Wed, 2020-08-19 21:10 — mike kraft

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll says India with its abrupt, months-long lockdown has been hit especially hard.

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Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank. Simple protective measures have stopped flu. But the coronavirus is far more contagious. Lesley Wroughton, Max Bearak Washington Post

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Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank.

Wed, 2020-08-19 09:46 — mike kraft

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TB, Malaria and H.I.V. are spreading amid the coronavirus pandemic

Mon, 2020-08-03 19:49 — mike kraft

It begins with a mild fever and malaise, followed by a painful cough and shortness of breath. The infection prospers in crowds, spreading to people in close reach. Containing an outbreak requires contact tracing, as well as isolation and treatment of the sick for weeks or months.

This insidious disease has touched every part of the globe. It is tuberculosis, the biggest infectious-disease killer worldwide, claiming 1.5 million lives each year.

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Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus Reuters maps all places where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Gurman Bhatia Reuters

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Worldwide map of the spread of the novel coronavirus

Thu, 2020-07-30 09:09 — mike kraft

At least 667,650 people globally have died from COVID-19 and 17,118,787 have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December. The World Health Organization referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

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Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (AP) — The lean season is coming for Burkina Faso’s children. And this time, the long wait for the harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever... AP NEWS

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Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

Tue, 2020-07-28 09:08 — mike kraft

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