Ebola vaccinations start in Guinea to curb the new outbreak.

WHO

News in Brief 5 March 2021

5 March 2021

1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed: WHO
COVID-19 cases surge in West Bank in February but fall in Gaza
Iran: condemnation for killing of Baloch minority protesters

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Psychologists are supporting vulnerable teenagers across eastern Ukraine as the COVID-19 lockdown takes its toll on their mental health.

© UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

News in Brief 4 March 2021

4 March 2021

Mental health alert for 330 million kids in COVID lockdown: UNICEF
Suspicion of Muslims at epidemic proportions, Human Rights Council hears
Migrants drown after being forced into the sea off Djibouti: IOM

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Secretary-General António Guterres attends the unveiling of the installation ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at UN Headquarters to call attention to the need for governments to prioritize the reopening of schools.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 3 March 2021

3 March 2021

COVID-19 crisis forced more than 168 million children to miss class in 2020
Condemnation over targeted killing of three women journalists in Afghanistan
Nigeria: Children traumatised by abduction need urgent rehabilitation, say UN experts

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Black smoke rises from a chimney at a brick kiln, which uses coal fire to bake bricks, in eastern Bangladesh.

UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

News in Brief 2 March 2021

2 March 2021

We must end ‘deadly addiction’ to coal for planet’s sake, urges Guterres
Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners
One in four people projected to have hearing problems by 2050

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Two young girls who have been displaced due to conflict are now living in a UNHCR-supported settlement in the outskirts of Aden, Yemen.

UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 1 March 2021

1 March 2021

Time running out to help 16 million Yemenis avoid disaster: Guterres
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana begin COVID-19 vaccinations for key healthcare workers
Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria

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Much of the mangrove forests on Cuba's coastline have deteriorated in recent decades.

UNDP Cuba

News in Brief 26 February 2021

26 February 2021

UN climate report a ‘red alert’ for the planet: Guterres
People falling even further behind in COVID-19 crisis, says UN rights chief
Condemnation over new attack on Nigerian school, hundreds of girls missing

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A family walks along a highway overpass in Niamey, Niger.

© UNICEF/Hadiza Amadou

News in Brief 25 February 2021

25 February 2021

ECOWAS and UN strongly condemn electoral violence in Niger
UNICEF signs COVID-19 vaccine agreement with AstraZeneca
South Sudan: WHO supports polio vaccination campaign targeting 2.8 million children

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Staff unload the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by COVAX at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana's capital.

© UNICEF/Francis Kokoroko/COVAX

News in Brief 24 February 2021

24 February 2021

Historic first as COVAX COVID vaccines reach Ghana
WHO announces COVID deaths drop 20% in a week worldwide
Get with new tech, or risk falling further behind: UNCTAD

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On February 18, vaccination began in the department of Cundinamarca. The first 1,770 vaccines will be destined for health personnel working in 22 intensive care units in 13 municipalities.

OPS/Karen Gonzalez

News in Brief 23 February 2021

23 February 2021

First wave of COVID-19 vaccine syringes start journey to Maldives
Oxygen shortage hits 500,000 virus sufferers in developing countries
‘Disturbing spike’ in Afghan civilian casualties linked to peace talks

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Goma, capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

MONUSCO/Abel Kavanagh

News in Brief 22 February 2021

22 February 2021

Coups have no place in world today, UN chief tells Myanmar military
Rights chief Bachelet insists we have the chance to build back better after pandemic
Condemnation for deadly attack on UN humanitarians in DR Congo

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