poverty

(United Nations News) Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday. …
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(Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Press Release)  The countries of the Americas agreed to act in unison at the UN Food Systems Summit, beginning (this) month, to ensure that farmers are duly represented at the global…
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“Together for a fairer, healthier world” (Caribbean Public Health Agency Press Release) World Health Day will be observed on 7 April 2021, under the theme “Together for a fairer, healthier world”.   It is a call for urgent action to…
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(Barbados Government Information Service Press Release) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told a high-level meeting that now is the time for vulnerability to be embraced as part of the criteria to determine access for small island…
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(Office of the President Press Release) His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that Guyana is “deeply concerned” over the widening development chasm between rich and poor countries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also called for…
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