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healthcare

December 4, 2020

Investing in midwife-led interventions 'could save 4.3 million lives per year'

About two-thirds of maternal deaths, newborn deaths and stillbirths could be prevented by 2035 with universal access to care from professional midwives, says the World Health Organisation.
November 8, 2020

Inclusion key to protecting refugees and their hosts amid pandemic, says UNHCR

Measures restricting access to asylum must not be allowed to become entrenched under the guise of public health, says the UNHCR.
October 10, 2020

New global index shows failure to tackle inequality left countries unprepared for COVID-19

Governments’ failure to tackle inequality meant the majority of the world’s countries were ill-equipped to weather the pandemic.
August 28, 2020

MENA billionaires’ wealth has increased by $10 billion since start of pandemic

The 21 billionaires in the Middle East and North Africa saw their wealth increase by nearly $10 billion since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, while 45 million more people in the region could be pushed to poverty as a result of the pandemic, a new Oxfam report has revealed.
July 18, 2020

G20 must step up efforts to avert looming global debt crisis, says Oxfam

Private creditors should not be plundering the poorest countries in a pandemic, says Oxfam.
May 28, 2020

COVID-19 prisoner releases too few, too slow, says Human Rights Watch

Detainees are often at heightened risk of COVID-19 due to close proximity, inability to practice social distancing, a lack of adequate sanitation and hygiene, a high incidence of underlying medical conditions, and lack of adequate medical care.
May 12, 2020

Stateless people at risk of being left behind in coronavirus response

Without citizenship, stateless people often do not have access to essential services, including health care, and now may be unable to access coronavirus testing and treatment.
April 29, 2020

COVID-19 exposes Greece's austerity-ravaged health system, says Amnesty

Years of recession and austerity measures have left Greece's health system on its knees, Amnesty International says in a new report.
April 15, 2020

#CancelTheDebt to fight coronavirus and save lives, urges Christian Aid

It is estimated that 76 of the world’s poorest countries are due to spend $18.6 billion in 2020 on debt payments to other governments, $12.4 billion to multilateral institutions and $10.1 billion to external private creditors – $40.6 billion in total.
April 13, 2020

COVID-19 relief in the US 'should meet basic needs of those most in distress'

At least 28 million Americans were uninsured before the crisis and that number is likely to increase dramatically as people lose their jobs and employer-based insurance.