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Release inmates in Yemen to avert nationwide coronavirus outbreak, experts urge UNICEF/Rajat Madhok A prison cell.         30 March 2020 Health An international panel of human rights experts called today for the immediate release of political prisoners and detainees in war-ravaged Yemen to help avert a nationwide outbreak of COVID-19. Despite calls from the UN Secretary-General and others for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, fighting has continued between pro-Government forces and Houthi rebels in recent days. In a statement, the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, said prisoners and detainees in Yemen are particularly vulnerable – and at high risk of death - if the novel  coronavirus  emerges in overcrowded prisons and other detention facilities. Conditions in such places are “appalling,” it said, adding that the health system in Yemen is on the brink of collapse and that prisoners must cope with a lack of adequate food and minimum standards of hygiene

        31 March 2020 SDGs The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are in the world, according to the United Nations. The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs represent a boundary-pushing blueprint for the future of the Earth and it’s anticipated they will be realized by 2030. UN News joined the International Labour Organization on a visit to Hawaii where many people are already living or studying aspects of the goals in their everyday work. Ken Rubin is a professor of volcanology and geochemistry specializing in volcanoes and sea level change. Based in the Department of Earth Sciences at te University of Hawaii, he travels the world to observe active and dormant volcanoes, both on the land and beneath the sea. “In my work, I look at specifically at how volcanic eruptions impact populations. It doesn't have to be human populations; it could be marine communities that live in a

UN helps Pacific prepare for COVID-19 pandemic, warns that children are ‘hidden victims’ World Bank/Tom Perry A young boy holds a chicken in Taremb, Malekula Island, Vanuatu.         30 March 2020 Health United Nations agencies are working together to provide vital support to Pacific Island countries as they rally to combat COVID-19 outbreaks across the region.  UNICEF Pacific @UNICEFPacific Since the outbreak of # COVID19 , UNICEF has been supporting Pacific Island governments to help communities prepare and respond to the threat faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more: https://www. unicef.org/pacificislands /press-releases/unicef-supports-pacific-island-countries-protect-communities-against-covid-19  … 17 8:56 AM - Mar 30, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy See UNICEF Pacific's other Tweets The UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) and the World Health Organization ( WHO ) have been busy providing vital supplies to Pacific Island governments, including more than 170,000 essential medica

Staff of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Medical University.Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Medical University Staff of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Medical University.      30 March 2020 Health The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stepped-up production of medical equipment and supplies as health facilities and health workers in many countries struggle with increasing and urgent demands brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in Geneva on Monday that he had spoken to trade ministers from the world’s leading economic forum, the G-20, about ways to address the chronic shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essential medical supplies. World Health Organization (WHO) ✔  · 13h Replying to @WHO "In the eye of a storm like #COVID19, scientific and public health tools are essential, but so are humility and kindness.  With solidarity, humility and

Immediate nationwide ceasefire’ needed for all-out effort to counter COVID-19 in Syria Economic duress has been compounding the impact of the conflict in Syria – even before the COVID-19 pandemic touched the country.© UNICEF/Khydr Al-Issa Economic duress has been compounding the impact of the conflict in Syria – even before the COVID-19 pandemic touched the country.      30 March 2020 Peace and Security Syria is at “high risk” of being unable to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Monday, reiterating calls for a “complete, immediate nationwide ceasefire” to enable an all-out-effort to counter the march of the new coronavirus. “We need the kind of sustained period of calm that a nationwide ceasefire would ensure because we need cooperation to take place across the front-lines that riddle Syria’s territory – and this is needed not tomorrow, but now”, Geir Pedersen said in a videoconference with Security Council members. Years of conflict have degra

Protect ‘healthcare heroes’ from COVID-19, urges UN rights expert Provided by Lu Xiang A patient has recovered after efforts by Lu Xiang and his medical team dispatched from Jiangsu Province to Huangshi, Hubei due to the COVID-19 outbreak.         27 March 2020 Health States and business leaders must step up efforts to ensure that the selfless doctors, nurses, first-responders and other medical professionals working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic receive adequate protective equipment, a UN rights expert said on Friday. “Their tireless work and self-sacrifice show the best of humanity”, said  Baskut Tuncak , Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes.  UN Special Procedures ✔ @UN_SPExperts Health care heroes need protection – @ SRtoxics calls on States and businesses to urgently step u