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Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus is South Sudan’s ‘silent killer’
In South Sudan 91% of pregnant women give birth in their homes without access to a...
WFP’s ShareTheMeal App now links donors with the people they’re helping
The World Food Programme has launched an innovative new feature to its app, ShareTheMeal,...
Resilience to climate change in Asia-Pacific depends on gender equality, says UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme have highlighted that for the Asia-Pacific...
“It is time to make refugee girls’ education a priority” says UNHCR
A new report by UNHCR titled ‘Her Turn’ reveals that refugee girls are...
Child marriage has fallen by 15% in the last decade
UNICEF has announced that the number of child marriages has declined significantly...
APEC accelerates early warning systems after the record breaking disasters of 2017
APEC member economies are fast-tracking the development of digital safeguards in the...
Nigeria plans to go big on green finance to fight climate change
The Nigerian Government has spoken of its plans to seriously scale-up its green finance...
Kenya is declared free of dracunculiasis by WHO
The World Health Organisation has certified Kenya free of dracunculiasis following...
Sweden increases its support for the economic empowerment of rural women
In 2014 the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the International...
Energy efficiency is a top priority for Vietnam
The World Bank and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade have announced...
$1 billion of new funding announced for climate adaptation projects
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is providing a new injection of $1 billion to combat...
Sri Lanka is hopeful a new pumping station will protect against flooding
At the start of 2018 work began in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to construct a large pumping...