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A family undergoes a HIV screening test at home in southwest Côte d’ivoire.

© UNICEF/Frank Dejong

News in Brief 29 July 2022

29 July 2022

Injectable HIV drug deal a possible game-changer
10 years since Za’atari camp opened, Syrian refugees face uncertain future
Lebanon: refugees targeted in street violence

UN peacekeepers escort surrendered M23 fighters in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Photo: MONUSCO

MONUSCO

News in Brief 27 July 2022

27 July 2022

UN chief condemns attack on MONUSCO blue helmets, as possible ‘war crime’
Türkiye risks backtracking on women’s rights, says top rights expert
FAO warns that 90% of Earth’s topsoil will be at risk by 2050

Monkeypox lesions often appear on the palms of hands.

© CDC

News in Brief 26 July 2022

26 July 2022

Monkeypox 'can be stopped' WHO declares
Ukraine: Humanitarian aid still not reaching non-Government areas
UN mission in DRC MONUSCO denounces attack on base in Goma

Protesters attend a march against the military coup in Myanmar.

Unsplash/Pyae Sone Htun

News in Brief 25 July 2022

25 July 2022

UN condemns execution of 4 democracy activists in Myanmar
Repatriation call following death of Australian boy in Syria detention camp
Haiti: UN humanitarians deliver aid to people directly hit by gang violence

Children search for scraps of wood to help their parents rebuild their house after it was destroyed by the strong winds of Hurricane Iota in Nicaragua.

© UNICEF/Inti Ocon/AFP-Services

News in Brief 22 July 2022

22 July 2022

Latin America and the Caribbean: Far-reaching climate repercussions
Hunger rising across East Africa
At least 14 children killed and injured during attack in Syria

Children at a story reading session in a displacement site at Ta'iziyah, Yemen.

IOM/Olivia Headon

News in Brief 21 July 2022

21 July 2022

Extend and expand 'transformational' truce in Yemen
Monkeypox cases surpass 14,000: WHO
Historic funding for malaria jab rollout in Africa

Volunteers use hand sanitizer before they pack COVID-19 supplies to be delivered to migrant children and their families in Egypt.

© UNICEF/Galal Elmisarry

News in Brief 20 July 2022

20 July 2022

Improve health coverage for a world ‘increasingly in motion’
‘Beyond time’ for Afghans to rebuild their lives
Highlighting development in Africa

Nelson Mandela (left), President of South Africa, enters the General Assembly Hall to address its fifty-third session. At his side is United Nations Chief of Protocol, Nadia Younes, 21 September 1998

UN Photo/Evan Schneider

News in Brief 18 July 2022

18 July 2022

Nelson Mandela honoured as ‘mentor to generations’
Ghana confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus disease
Half the world in climate crisis ‘danger zone’ says Guterres

A 13-day-old baby receives the polio vaccine in Gadab town, Karachi Sindh Province, Pakistan.

UNICEF/Asad Zaidi

News in Brief 15 July 2022

15 July 2022

Iran: UN expert welcomes life verdict for former prison official involved in mass executions
Vaccine backsliding left 25 million kids at risk in 2021
Tunisia: Presidential decrees ‘sap’ judicial independence, says UN rights expert

A screenshot of Maria Ressa during a UNESCO online dialogue on press freedom. (May 4, 2020)

UNESCO

News in Brief 14 July 2022

14 July 2022

Philippines: rights expert speaks out against court decision against Maria Ressa
Africa sees 63% jump in zoonotic diseases from animals to people in last decade
Climate financing could play key role in Africa’s economic diversification: UNCTAD

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