Fishing communities in northern Mozambique are learning how to cook and eat more healthily in order to fight off disease, especially HIV.
More than 10 per cent of the adult population is HIV-positive and AIDS is the main cause of death in adults and young people in the south-east African country.
Malnutrition rates are also high there which makes it harder to stay strong and healthy.
Joanne Levitan reports.
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Veterinarians and microbiologists from Africa and Asia have been learning how to map the DNA of viruses at a workshop organised by the UN’s atomic energy agency, the IAEA.
Understanding DNA can give scientists important information to find a cure for a disease and even stop it from spreading.
It’s hoped the technique can be used to protect vulnerable livestock populations.
Steve Thachet reports from Vienna.
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A Climate Action Summit to carry forward the hoped-for agreement on climate change at the on-going COP 21 conference in Paris was announced Saturday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said it would take place in May to show that concrete action was being taken to build on the COP21 climate change agenda.
The United Nations is walking “side-by-side” with the people of South Sudan as they pursue a path towards peace, prosperity and development, says the head of the Department that supports UN peacekeeping operations worldwide.
Atul Khare was recently in South Sudan where the UN has been protecting thousands of civilians displaced by two years of bloody fighting between government troops and opposition forces.
Despite an agreement signed by both sides in August, the UN says the country remains at a “critical stage” as it works to ensure its implementation.
Women and children in Africa are more impacted by climate change than men according to the head of the African Union Commission.
The international community is currently meeting in Paris at the UN COP21 summit to discuss how to mitigate the effects of changing weather patterns on the world’s most vulnerable people.
It’s hoped a universal deal will be agreed there which will keep global temperature rises to below two degrees Celsius.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is the head of the African Union Commission.
The “light at the end of the tunnel” for South Sudan is the implementation of the peace agreement reached this past summer.
That’s according to the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ellen Margrethe Løj.
President Salva Kiir and opposition leaders signed the deal in August, aimed at bringing an end to nearly two years of conflict that has left thousands dead and forced millions from their homes.
Irregular weather conditions such as frequent drought in Africa’s Sahel region and extreme flooding in Myanmar, are having an impact on food systems and affecting millions of people worldwide.
For this reason, agriculture must be part of the climate talks currently underway in Paris, according to Dr David Nabarro, the newly appointed Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda.
Dr Nabarro has also served as a UN envoy on food security and he is in Paris to push for making agriculture more “climate compatible.”
Efforts are underway to ensure private businesses are leveraged for the achievement of the new global development goals, or SDGs.
World leaders agreed the 17 goals at the UN in September.
The Sustainable Development Goals Fund is working to foster public-private partnerships, saying they will be critical for reaching the objectives laid out in the new worldwide development agenda.
The conditions may be harsh but for thousands of refugees from neighbouring Yemen, a UN camp in Djibouti represents a safe haven.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has registered nearly 6,000 Yeminis now in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, since violent conflict broke out at home in March.
Matthew Wells reports on the Yeminis facing an uncertain future in Markazai refugee camp.
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People with disabilities deserve to live in a more inclusive world.
That was the message from political officials and persons with disabilities alike, as the United Nations marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday.
An estimated 1.3 billion people around the world live with some form of disability, many of whom face serious barriers to inclusion in key aspects of society.
Veronica Reeves has more.
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