WHO Urges For International Support As Ebola Cases Near 1,000 In D. R. Congo

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), called for urgent global support to deal with the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the number of infected cases approaches 1,000. Since the Ebola outbreak was declared in the DRC in Aug, 2018, the…

Cancer Awareness To Be Raised In Fijian Schools

SUVA, Fiji, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Fijian government will include cancer into school curriculum, to increase awareness on the disease. Fiji’s Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, Rosy Akbar said today (Saturday), she intends to include cancer into the Fijian school curriculum’s Family Life Education. “Currently we are so…

UN Says Australia Offers 6.1 Million USD To Provide Clean Water In Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 20 (NNN-NINA) – Australia offered 6.1 million U.S. dollars, to improve access to clean water and sanitation services for vulnerable children in southern Iraq, UNICEF said. “Years of conflict, mass displacement, climate change and under-investment in water networks have created a water crisis that is affecting large…

UN Stops Distribution Of Blended Food In Uganda After Recipients Fall Sick

KAMPALA, Uganda, March 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN World Food Programme (WFP), announced that it has stopped the distribution of blended food in Uganda, after reports of recipients falling sick in the northeastern part of the country. The food aid agency, said that, scores of recipients of Super Cereal, a fortified…

India’s Pharmaceutical Market Faces Retail Chain Onslaught

MUMBAI, India, March 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s pharmaceutical market is witnessing a threat of declining revenue growth rate, from the deepening penetration of government’s generic drug store, as well as private chains selling generic drugs. Analysis of growth drivers indicated slowdown from 13.5 percent to 10 percent over the past…

117 Children Die In Battered Camp In North-eastern Syria: Watchdog

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 16 (NNN-SANA) – As many as 117 children died, in a battered camp in north-eastern Syria, over the past few months, a war monitor reported Friday. The dead children were mostly under 12 years old and 60 percent of them died as a result of the tough…

90 Suffocate From Gas Leak In Eastern Iraq: Health Ministry

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 16 (NNN-NINA) – About 90 people suffocated from the leak of chlorine gas, in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut, capital of Wasit Province, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said, Friday. The leakage took place “at a water treatment facility in Kut, some 180 km south-east of the…

Authorities In Malaysia’s Johor State Close Down 13 Schools Over Chemical Pollution

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 13 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Authorities in Malaysia’s southern Johor state announced that, 13 schools will be indefinitely closed due to chemical pollution. Johor Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman, Sahruddin Jamal, said, the state government had activated its disaster management committee, to coordinate and monitor the situation.…

Jerusalem – Cannabis Constituency? Israeli Election Rivals Warm To Pot

JERUSALEM, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Marijuana has become an election issue in Israel, now that an upstart far-right party that favours legalising the drug seems to be drawing voters away from conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Opinion polls originally showed the party, Zehut, would fail to win even a single…

IOM Appeals For 207 Million USD To Continue Its Assistance To Syrians

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), said that it is appealing to the international community for 207 million U.S. dollars, to continue its lifesaving assistance to Syrians. IOM said, these funds are necessary to continue assistance in Syria and neighbouring countries in 2019. Joel…
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