Despite the fact that COVID-19 impacted our health in many ways, malaria cases and deaths from this disease have remained stable over the past year.
The World Health Organization It calculates that last year there were 619,000 deaths from malaria or malaria in the world, compared to 625,000 in the first year of the pandemic and 568,000 in 2019, before the arrival of the coronavirus.
Although cases continued to increase between 2020 and 2021, the pace was slower than between 2019 and 2020.
The global malaria case count reached 247 million in 2021, up from 245 million in 2020 and 232 million in 2019.
“We face many challenges, but there are many reasons for hope,” said the director general of the UN agency.
For Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “there are many reasons to dream of a malaria-free future if we strengthen the response, understand and mitigate the risks, increase resilience and accelerate research.”
Despite successes in containing the disease, challenges remain, especially in Africa, which endured close to 95% of the cases and 96% of the deaths in the world in 2021.
Peru: Secretary General calls to defend the rule of law
View of the city of Lima, the capital of Peru.
The General secretary of the United Nations expressed concern about the political situation in Peru and condemned any attempt to subvert the democratic order.
In a statement from his spokesman, António Guterres called on the parties involved to uphold the rule of law, as well as to remain calm and refrain from exacerbating tensions.
The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was dismissed and arrested yesterday in Lima after having tried to close Parliament. Castillo was accused of plotting a coup to avoid impeachment on corruption charges. Castillo had said that he would establish an emergency government to restore the rule of law and democracy.
Deposed Castillo, who was elected in July last year, his vice president, Dina Boluarte, assumed the presidential position, as provided for in the country’s Constitution. Boluarte is the sixth president of Peru as of July 2016.
Nearly 50 million people will suffer from hunger in West and Central Africa by 2023
Displaced women bring their children to a WFP hunger assessment in the Nigerian state of Borno.
More than 35 million people, including 6.7 million children, do not meet their basic food and nutrition needs in West and Central Africa, reported Thursday the World Food Program (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The three UN agencies warned that the outlook will worsen next year, when hunger will affect 48 million people, including nine million children, unless urgent and lasting action is taken to solve this food crisis.
The situation is especially pressing in the conflict-affected areas of the Lake Chad basin and the Liptako-Gourma region (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger), where 25,500 people will suffer catastrophic hunger during the lean season, from June to August of 2023.
The UN agencies and their humanitarian partners urged governments in the region to increase support and investment in food security and nutrition programs in order to strengthen the resilience of communities and protect their livelihoods while reducing the risk of people falling into catastrophic food insecurity.
They explained that despite the good harvest prospects and the improvement of the market situation, food insecurity and malnutrition persist and spread from the Sahel to the coastal countries due to conflicts, climate crises, high food prices , the economic consequences of COVID-19, and the impact of the war in Ukraine.
More than 30 governments will join forces for cross-border cooperation on water resources
Cameroonian soldiers patrol parts of Lake Chad, a transboundary body of water shared by Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad.
More than 30 governments and organizations announced that they will work together to promote greater cross-border cooperation on increasingly limited water resources, an initiative promoted by the UN.
The UN Economic Commission for Europe, which includes 56 member states in Europe, North America and Asia, said the severity of this year’s floods and droughts in almost every corner of the planet illustrates the critical importance of water for all. aspects of society and the environment.
More than 3 billion people depend on water that crosses national borders, making cooperation a crucial element for peace, development and climate action.
The equitable management of water is high on the United Nations list of priorities as a means of preventing conflict and promoting sustainable development.
