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The Road to and from Wuhan: Is Trump a Threat to Global Health?

  • January 31, 2025

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Friday, January 31, 2025 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 31 (IPS) – On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) – a move experts say makes the U.S. and other...

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Israels Ban on UNRWA Threatens to Undermine Ceasefire in Palestine

  • January 30, 2025

by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, January 30, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (IPS) – On January 19, Israel and Hamas implemented a three-phase ceasefire agreement that seeks to end the war between Israel and Palestine, facilitate the exchange of prisoners and hostages between the two nations, and...

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Malnutrition in Nigeria Rises Alarmingly, Urgent Action Needed

  • January 29, 2025

Children beg for food in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara, Nigeria. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (kadadaba, nigeria) Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Inter Press Service KADADABA, Nigeria, Jan 29 (IPS) – In June 2024, 26-year-old Zainab Abdul noticed her two-year-old daughter growing pale, losing weight, and battling diarrhea. She wasn’t...

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US suspends new funds for aid programmes, excepting Israel and Egypt

  • January 25, 2025

Trump administration freezes new funding for anti-HIV programme and other health services, excepts key food programmes. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced a freeze on almost all new funding for foreign assistance programmes, with exceptions for allies Israel and Egypt. The order from the US State...